Photo: Gunmen kidnap female law student in Calabar
Gunmen have abducted a 24-year-old female law student, Miss Dora Effiom, in Calabar, the Cross River capital.
The victim was abducted at her residence where she lives with her parents and siblings in the city.
Confirming the incident to newsmen on Thursday,, the Commissioner of Police (CP) in Cross River, Mr Aminu Alhassan said that the incident occurred at about 1am on Wednesday at Ikot Ansa area of the city.
Alhassan added that her father, Ntufam Effiom was beaten and injured in the process of her abduction.
According to him, he has directed the command’s Anti-Cultism and Kidnapping Squad to unmask and arrest those behind the abduction.
“I want to use this medium to again warn those who are only in Cross River for crime’s sake to leave the state immediately because no criminal will be spared.
“There is no more hiding place for any criminal in Cross River, we are now taking the fight to every known and unknown enclave.
“I want to assure law-abiding citizens to go about their lawful business without fear, we have already strategize all our operations, and the girl will be rescued soon because we are on the kidnapper’s trail.”
