By Ushang Ewa Friends, associates and relatives of victims of abduction in Cross River State are now raising funds to pay ransoms for those kidnapped especially in Calabar, the State capital. The State has witnessed a huge surge in kidnappings with a Police source saying no fewer than 22 people have been abducted in about
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Anti Cultism and Kidnapping Squad of the Cross River State command of the Nigerian Police Force has rescued Ogwa Godwin Samuel who was kidnapped on Wednesday in Calabar. Mr. Samuel was shoved through the roof of his home after his abductors toor the aluminum roofing sheet, broke his ceiling to get
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Kidnappers may have developed a new strategy to abduct victims which now include gaining access to buildings via the roof of houses. This was the case at 8 miles in Calabar on Wednesday morning when kidnappers broke into the residence of one Mr. Godwin Samuel and whisked him away. Images obtained by
By Aishat Babatunde, HumAngle Ten-year-old Amina leans on a sunken wood frame that forms a fence for a charcoal shop. She has come to buy charcoal with two other girls from a street tucked between ‘1,000 units’ residential area and Pegi in Kuje Area Council in Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja. Frustration furrows the lines of her
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Policemen attached to Operation Akpakwu, a joint task force of the Cross River State government have rescued a kidnapped victim hours after her abduction in Calabar, the State capital. “Today, 20th September 2021, at about 11:00AM, one Mrs Ruth Jerome of No 3B Ikot Nkebre, in Calabar was kidnapped from her resident
By Ushang Ewa Obol Ubi Itam Ettah, a two term Chairman of Yakurr Local Government Area of central Cross River has been kidnapped. Ettah, an oil baron also known as Bomboi, who served as council chairman from 2007 to 2013 was abducted yesterday at his fueling station, Wenwon Muka in Ugep a few days to
By Jonathan Ugbal Hours after Cross River Governor, Benedict Ayade announced the easing of the curfew in the State to last between midnight and 6:00AM, gunmen kidnapped a business man in Calabar. Vouda David Egwu, a father of three and petty business man was abducted in front of his residence at about 9:00PM on Monday.
By Jonathan Ugbal Gunmen dressed like men of the Nigerian Police Force earlier on Tuesday stormed the cocoa farm at the Cross River Broadcasting Corporation in Calabar, abducting Mr. Oscar Ofuka, the Special Adviser on Cocoa Development to Governor Ben Ayade. Mr. Ofuka was preparing grounds waiting for the Deputy Governor, Professor Ivara Esu who