By CrossRiverWatch admin Three expatriates working with Macmahon, a contract firm working for Lafarge Cement Company in Akamkpa Cross River state were kidnapped by a group of gunmen around 6am yesterday, Wednesday in Calabar, while their driver was shot dead by the kidnappers. The expatriates according to our findings are from Australia, South African, and
By CrossRiverWatch admin A popular businessman in Calabar, Chief Kenneth Ekeanyanwu Okpala, who was kidnapped and released after being held in captivity for a week has died. Chief Okpala who died on Tuesday morning was said to have paid the kidnappers N10 million ransom to secure his release from his captors. According to a family
By Jonathan Ugbal and Ikwen Atuaka A lecturer in the department of Computer Science in the Federal College of Education Obudu, Pastor Walter Ibe was abducted last night at his residence along Vintage way, Bekpam New Layout Obudu. An eyewitness (names withheld) told CrossRiverWatch that Pastor Walter upon arriving his residence which is close to
By Bassey Inyang Seriously worried about the kidnapping of their members, the Igbo community in Cross River State, comprising traders and others, has decided to close their shops and suspend their services for two days to protest the rampant kidnap of Igbo people doing business in the state. Operating under the aegis of Igbo Unity
By CrossRiverWatch admin Hoodlums are reported to have invaded the University of Calabar residential quarters early Tuesday morning and abducted a senior staff in the School of Medical Sciences, Dr. S. Ndifon, his wife and daughter to an unknown destination. Sources in the school told CrossRiverWatch that that the gunmen invaded the school premises from
The recent law prescribing death penalty for perpetrators of kidnapping in Cross River emerged as a dominant, mainstream thriller that shocked the conscience of society. While I condemn kidnapping in its entirety, I would argue however that the new law is not human rights compliant especially when mirrored against the nature of crime and its
By Our Correspondent Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade, today signed into law a bill that prescribes death penalty for convicted kidnappers in the state. The anti-kidnapping bill was one of 10 bills the Governor signed into law at the State Executive Chambers witnessed by the Speaker and members of the State House of
By Our Correspondent The spokesman of the Cross River State Police Command, Mr. Hogan Bassey has confirmed to CrossRiverWatch that gunmen kidnapped Mr. Asuquo Ekpenyong Ekpe, brother to the immediate past Director General of the Department of State Services, Ita Ekpenyong, in the early hours of this morning. Vanguard newspaper earlier quoted a family source