48 hours after: Abductors mum over UNICAL don Ugwu, CRNC staff Archibong

Archibong and David Ugwu

Archibong and David Ugwu

More than 48 hours after, abductors have remained quiet over two persons captured at the weekend in Calabar, Cross River state.

Dr David Ugwu, an Associate Professor with University of Calabar, was abducted at his home on Friday evening, while Mr Morris Archibong, a Staff of Cross River Newspaper Corporation, was kidnapped on his way home on Saturday.

Prof. Ugwu was picked up by gunmen at his residence at Second Transformer in Atimbo while watering flowers in his compound after his abductors shot into the air to scare residents.

A witness, Mrs Iquo Etim, said the gunmen came in, shooting in the air, before taking him away.

“They took him through the water. It is like they had been monitoring him for quite a while because they came in swiftly like they knew the area,” she said.

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Meanwhile, a colleague of Archibong in the Cross River State Newspaper Corporation, said that he was picked up on his way home from an outing in Etta Agbor Layout, Calabar Municipality on Saturday evening.

He said nothing had been heard from the abductors and the phone lines of the victims remained switched off.

When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer PPRO, DSP Irene Ugbo, confirmed the incidents, adding that the police were really working hard to ensure that they got the victims back to their families.

“I am aware of the matter. We are working round the clock to make sure they are reunited with their families as soon as possible.

“We are doing everything possible to make that happen,” she said.

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