Gunmen Abduct JAMB Candidates, Other Passengers on Calabar Waterways

By Bassey BASSEY

No fewer than 15 passengers are said to have been abducted by gunmen along Calabar-Oron waterways on Friday. 

THE BEAGLE NEWS gathered authoritatively that passengers were 15 and were travelling to Oron.

It was also learnt that the majority of the passengers abducted are believed to be students travelling to Akwa Ibom to write their Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination.

A Naval officer, who pleaded anonymity, confirmed that the abduction took place along Oron waterway axis.

The officer said that the gunmen ambushed the ferry in which the passengers were travelling in and whisked them away into an unknown destination.

According to the source, the passenger ferry, which was loaded from Calabar, Cross River, was traveling to Oron in Akwa Ibom.

Meanwhile, the Police Command in Cross River could not deny nor confirm the report of the abduction.

According to the spokesman of the Command, ASP Sunday Eitokpah, the Akwa Ibom Command was in a position to confirm the story.

As at the time of going to the press, no information about the where about of the missing JAMB candidates.

The Calabar waterways have become a save heaven for abduction as only recently, passengers en route Oron were kidnapped by gunmen.