On Wednesday 22nd of June, three expatriates and two Nigerian staff of MeMahon Limited, a building firm executing contract work at Lafarge Cement, formerly Unicem, were abducted on their way to work at Mfamosing by kidnappers at Idundu Bridge, on the outskirts of Calabar, in the course of the act, a driver conveying the Hilux vehicle was shot dead.
This violent crime has now become the business of the day at Calabar since the middle of 2015. The activities of these gun totting gangs, who operate at will and in broad daylight, are alarming to residents who are beginning to wonder about what has become of the crime-free city which people from faraway places flocked to here to savour the peace they could not get in their places of abode.
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| Car destroyed during attack |
In the past, it was thought that with Calabar surrounded by the sea and has just one entry and exit route, criminals are deterred from operating in the city because of the high chances of being arrested while trying to escape through the single route by security agencies, bu,t in recent times, the sea, which used to serve as a source of protection, has become an escape route as hoodlums use speed boats to make good their escape or to ferret their victims to the creeks before commencing negotiation for ransom with the victims’ families.
Source: Vanguard
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