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
By Jonathan Ugbal In what is seemingly the first of its kind in the history of crimes committed in Obudu local government area, a businessman and proprietor of Sunday and Andoya aluminum company, Mr. Sunday Anagwe has been kidnapped. Mr. Anagwe CrossRiverWatch gathered from sources close to his immediate family was kidnapped at about 12am
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Labor Party House of Representatives Candidate for Bakassi/Akpabuyo/Calabar South Federal Constituency in Cross River State, Hon. Dominic Aqua Edem, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen. Hon. Aqua who is also a former Commissioner representing Cross River State in the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC was said to have been kidnapped at
By Archibong Jeremiah The Acting Commissioner of Police, Cross River State command, Mr. Kwajima Yahi has assured Cross Riverians that the police will provide adequate security for lives and property during the ember months festivities which usually witness a spike in crime level. Mr. Kwajima made the declaration at the Police Head Quarters, Diamond Hill,
Monday Ogar Students of the University of Calabar on Friday disrupted an attempt to kidnap a female student of the school by a gang of three men who are now cooling their feet with the police in Calabar. The attempted kidnap which reportedly took place along Mary Slessor Avenue near the school main gate attracted
by crossriverwatch admin The police command in Cross River said on Wednesday that it had arrested seven persons comprising two women and five men, who specialised in child kidnapping and trafficking. The Assistant Commissioner of Police in-charge of Criminal Investigation in the command, Ganiyu Salami, said in Calabar that the command also rescued two children.
by crossriverwatch admin The Joint Military Task Force (JTF) Operation Puolo Shield operating in the Niger Delta region to curb, oil theft, bunkering and kidnapping has informed Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State of increase in the number of kidnappings in Creek Town, Odukpani Local Government Area of the State. Creek Town is one