A businessman, Desmond Oko, has been abducted by gunmen in Calabar, Cross River State.
WuzupNigeria gathered that Oko was abducted from his business premises around Goldie by unidentified gunmen on Tuesday night.
It was further gathered that the kidnappers may have trailed him from State Housing Estate where he had been late evening shortly before he was kidnapped.
Oko’s kidnap comes no fewer than six days after an accounting staff with the Nigerian Chronicle, Maurice Archibong, and an Associate Professor at the University of Calabar, David Ugwu, were kidnapped by gunmen.
His whereabouts remained unknown as of the time of this report as his abductors who went away with his Hyundai Accent car with registration number YAB 982 JL had contacted his family for possible ransom.
According to reports, Oko was expected to host today – Wednesday – the inaugural meeting of Council of Okenwa Ndi Igbo, Calabar. The event had, however, been postponed indefinitely.
It was gathered that this was the second time 55-year-old Desmond Oko would be kidnapped. The first incident happened sometime in 2018 at his home in Goldie.
Family sources were worried about the fate of Oko as he is said to be very hypertensive and diabetic.
The State Police Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Irene Ugbo confirmed the latest incident.
She said,
“I am aware that somebody has been kidnapped but I have not been briefed by the anti-kidnapping squad, if at all the matter has been reported to the squad.”
Security sources alleged that there were heightened security challenges in the state because the governor was not funding security agencies as other governors were doing in other states.
Meanwhile, kidnappers of the account staff of Chronicle newspaper, Maurice Archibong, have reportedly contacted members of his family and demanded N15m as a ransom.
No word has been heard about the Associate Professor at Unical, David Ugwu, who was kidnapped last weekend from his home at Atimbo.
