Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen have kidnapped a former Accountant-General of Cross River State, Rose Bassey.
According to report made available to NigeriaCrime.com, the victim alongside three others, were abducted on Tuesday evening at Uyanga-Okomita area of the Ikom-Calabar highway.
The gunmen reportedly laid siege on that axis of the busy highway by shooting at the traveling motorists to force them to stop.
One of the victims, who is said to be a popular cleric in the state, Evangelist Edim Edim Omin, was shot and is receiving medical attention at an undisclosed hospital.
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Bassey was said to be in company of her driver when she was abducted around 5pm on her way back from her farm at Ekpri Iko after Iwuru in Biase LGA.
When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Irene Ugbo, who confirmed the Tuesday’s incident said the Command is working to see that the four abducted persons were released unharmed.
Ugbo reiterated that the Command is working to see that normalcy return to that axis of the highway.
“It is a sad reality for us and as I speak with you, the Commissioner of Police is heading to that axis to access situation of things himself,” she stated.
A few days ago, the state Commissioner of Police, Sule Balarabe, had ordered Area Commanders and Divisional Police Officers to secure the highway, which had become dangerous as gunmen continued to abduct travellers.