Kidnappers Abduct Cross River's Deputy Governor's Father

Heavily armed gunmen in the wee hours of Friday kidnapped the octogenarian father of the Deputy Governor of Cross River State, Chief Essien Cobham, from his home in the Creek Town area of the state.

The kidnappers were said to have entered and left the town through the Calabar waterways on speedboats at about 2am and operated for over an hour.

“They broke the wall of the deputy governor’s father’s house to gain access to the building."

An uncle of the deputy governor whose name could not be immediately ascertained was equally said to have been abducted by the kidnappers.