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Four years old boy kidnapped in Calabar

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11 years ago

March 1, 2014

A 4-year old boy, Effiong Edet has been abducted at the
Ekorinim axis of Calabar, the Cross River State Capital by the
hoodlums who raided the community in an Audi car with a
concealed car registration number.
The kidnapers struck at about 8:30 pm on Wednesday while the local
vigilante members, majority of whom are football lovers were
preoccupied with watching the Arsenal match against Turkish
football club in the on-going European league.
The gang which is said to specialise in kidnapping children of
Kindergarten and nursery school age, stormed Ikot Onim for a
victim and on arrival at the community, drove to Mr. Edet’s
compound , Effiong’s father where they sighted the boy and his
friends playing around while his mother was selling fried yam.
The hoodlums which our source said did not have a target in mind
first attempted to whisk away a six-year old boy identified as Joseph,
who strongly resisted his assailants by crying and biting one of the
kidnappers on the hand causing them to abandon him and then swiftly
seizing Edet whom they bundled into their car and sped off.
Since most able bodied residents of the area were busy watching the
football match, there was no one to go after the kidnappers. “By the
time we got to hear what had happened, the boys had gone far and
besides, there was no available car to go after them.”, the father of the
kidnapped boy said.
The matter, the father said was immediately reported at State
Housing Police Station, Calabar where the police demanded for the
photograph of the 4-year old child to enable them carry out
investigations, assuring Mr. Edet and his wife that the perpetrators
will soon be apprehended.
At press time, no ransom had been demanded just as family sources
said no contact had been established with the suspects.
When contacted, the state Polic Public Relations Officer, Mr.
Hogan Bassey said the police authorities were working to rescue the
victim without any ransom paid, as Junior’s father was a worker
earning just N6, 000 per month as security man.