A former Accountant-General in Cross River State, Rose Bassey, has been kidnapped by gunmen.
PUNCH Metro gathered that the victim and three others were abducted on Tuesday at Uyanga-Okomita axis of the Ikom-Calabar highway.
One of the victims was said to have been shot and admitted to an undisclosed hospital for treatment.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Irene Ugbo, declined to comment on the issue.
In a related development, gunmen in a sports utility vehicle have kidnapped two women, including a pharmacist, along Apara Link Road, Mgbuoba, in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State.
An eyewitness said the gun-wielding hoodlums moved into a pharmacy in the area and dragged their victims into a waiting car.
The eyewitness, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the second abductee was a woman who took her child to the pharmacy for treatment, saying the miscreants might have trailed her.
He stated that the two-man gang had parked their SUV behind the woman minutes after she arrived at the facility.
“Those abducted were the pharmacist and the woman she was attending to. They abducted both of them and left the child there,” the witness added.
The police spokesperson for the state, Grace Iringe-Koko, said she was not aware of the incident.
Meanwhile, the Managing Director of Igpes Group Oil and Gas, a company based in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, who was kidnapped about 11 days ago at the Rumuokoro flyover, has regained his freedom.
Recall that gunmen intercepted a Hilux van carrying the victim and some members of staff, shot and killed three policemen escorting them.
The criminals then isolated the managing director, dragged him into their waiting car and zoomed off to an unknown destination.
A source in the company confirmed his release to our correspondent on Wednesday.
