Some gunmen, on 13 July, abducted Ekanem Ephraim, a professor and a neurologist at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital.
Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State, on Wednesday, warned kidnappers to desist from abducting residents of the state.after he administered the oath of office to 31 commissioners in the state.
He said in their quest for illicit wealth; criminals have resorted to kidnapping and other crimes that were alien to the culture of the state. “It is rather sad that instead of keying into the new administration’s development strategy in the way of amnesty, few criminal elements have resorted to making an income while holding a gun on our head.
“Let me state unequivocally that enough is enough; this must stop not tomorrow but today; my administration is ready to enforce the law to the letter in order to bring criminal activities to an end,” Mr Otu stated
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