An account staff with the Cross River Newspaper Corporation, publishers of the Nigerian Chronicle, Maurice Archibong, has been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in Calabar.

An Associate Professor at the University of Calabar has also been kidnapped.

The accountant was reportedly kidnapped on Saturday night, February 15, at Etta Agbor layout where he had stopped to buy drugs at a pharmacy.

He was alleged to have been trailed by the gunmen who eventually caught up with him.

The kidnappers took him to an unknown destination while his car was abandoned and later recovered by the police.

Confirming the incident, the state Police Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Irene Ugbo, said “we don’t know if it is a case of kidnap. It was reported that they have not seen him, while his car was parked somewhere in the city. The car has been removed and parked at the state CID. We are investigating the incident.”

It was gathered that the victim’s son was killed last year allegedly by armed robbers while he was trying to resist the robbers who invaded their home.

Archibong was able to identify three of the suspects who allegedly carried out the act and they were arrested and charged to court.

His kidnap was carried out a few days before the court matter which comes up on Wednesday, February 19.

In another incident, an Associate Professor at the Institute of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Calabar, simply called Prof David has also been abducted.

He was kidnapped on Thursday around Atimbo area of Calabar Municipality.

Details about the incident were sketchy at the time of this report.