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.
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