KIDNAPPERS ON RAMPAGE IN CALABAR AMIDST COVID-19 PANDEMIC, LOCKDOWN

A well known Igbo representative, Odinka, CEO Odinka Electrical and Electronics and five others have been kidnapped over the most recent couple of weeks in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic and fractional lockdown in Cross River State. 

The most recent among the casualties being Chief Odinka and a previous Board individual from the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Calabar, FNPH, Princess Filia Henshaw them two were gotten up end of the week in Calabar. 

Vanguard accumulated that Chief Odinka who is in his 70s and an asthmatic patient was picked from his shop on Friday at Target Street, Calabar South LGA at around 8 p.m. 

Discoveries show that in the midst of the dread of COVID-19 just as halfway lockdown at the very least five Igbo agents/ladies have been hijacked in the state while Princess Henshaw was kidnapped late Sunday night from her home by shooters close to Hawkins road in Calabar South LGA. 

A family member who pleaded anonymity said: “The gunmen came inside the compound while the generator was on,,their first move was to turn off the generator to lure us outside,

“The moment I opened the door to check what happened, I was brutally attacked by two gunmen while others were waiting outside.

“Immediately Mma (the victim) heard the struggles between me and the gunmen, she advance outside, that was when she was ordered silently to a waiting car by the gunmen and was whisked away,” he said. 

Further checks by Vanguard demonstrated that separated from Chief Odinka, an IT specialist and more youthful sibling to CEO of Andy Systems was likewise discharged as of late in the wake of pathing with colossal an entirety of cash including one Chidozie who imports garments was stole along Etta Agbor. 

A source who argued namelessness revealed to Vanguard that another business investor paid 7 million naira while a female drug specialists who own a drug store at Orok Orok Intersection paid around 1 million naira before she was discharged as well. 

The source stated: "Around 4 Igbo individuals have been hijacked in the midst of the spread of the pandemic and you can envision paying a huge number of naira to crooks at this crucial time. 

"The circumstance is truly declining and we are speaking to Governor Ben Ayade to support us; our kin are losing cash to these lawbreakers," he lamented. 

When reached, the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Irene Ugbo, who affirmed the episodes said there were on the circumstance. 

She stated: "We know about the episodes and we are taking a shot at it, we are exploring the snatching of an agent at Target and Princess Henshaw and we will get to the foundation of the issue. 

"We likewise gained ground at the end of the week as we safeguarded another representative who was abducted in Akampka LGA, we are not laying on our paddles, we are coordinating our words with activity by ensuring we free the condition of every single criminal component. 

"The general population ought to be have confidence that our men are on the ground both uniform and casually dressed, we are working nonstop to guarantee the wellbeing of the individuals even at this crucial time that COVID-19 is by all accounts the topic, we are at alert," she guaranteed.