The Nigerian police have confirmed the abduction of Etubom Essien Cobham, the father of the deputy governor of Cross River state, Mr Efiok Cobham, by gunmen at his country home in Creek Town.
While speaking with newsmen in Calabar, the Public Relations Officer of the Cross River State Police Command, Mr Hogan Bassey said the Commissioner of Police, Mr Kola Sodipo, and senior officers of the command have gone to Creek Town to see the building and the damage done.
Accordning to eye-witnesses, the gunmen who were heavily armed abducted the old man at about 2 a.m. on Friday in his residence at Creek Town in the Odukpani Local Government Area of the state.
Sources said that the deputy governor’s uncle, whose name was not immediately ascertained, was also abducted by the gunmen.
It was also disclosed that the gunmen who brought with them an Alsatian dog, came in through the Calabar creeks with two speed boats in an incident that lasted for hours, as they took the community by surprise, firing gun shots indiscriminately to scare away any form of resistance before executing their act.
Source: Channels
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