Five foreign expatriates were reportedly kidnapped on Wednesday by suspected gunmen in Calabar. The incident which had occurred around 6am in the morning when the foreigners and
their Nigerian
colleagues working for MacMahon Construction Company were on
their way to work.
According to an eyewitness, Akan Akpan, said the kidnappers came out from
the bridge where they had kept their boat steaming for almost an hour before
taking the expatriates and the Nigerians away.
He said, “I was coming back from the farm this morning when
the incident occurred in my presence. These kidnappers came out from the
bridge, shot the driver of the vehicle and took the victims away through the
river while two of the victims managed to escape
The vehicles conveying the expatriates and the two Nigerians were abandoned by the road side with the dead body of the driver. Meanwhile, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Jimoh
Ozi-Obeh, said that the police was currently working with the Nigerian Navy to
ensure that the remaining victims were released unharmed.
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