egaga Archives - Frontpageng https://frontpageng.com/tag/egaga/ Where the news is Mon, 11 Dec 2023 14:11:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://frontpageng.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cropped-Frontpage-e1537105060264-32x32.jpg egaga Archives - Frontpageng https://frontpageng.com/tag/egaga/ 32 32 150357949 Gunmen abduct Cross River traditional ruler https://frontpageng.com/gunmen-abduct-cross-river-traditional-ruler/ Mon, 11 Dec 2023 14:11:27 +0000 https://frontpageng.com/?p=77675 The traditional ruler of Akpabuyo local government area of Cross River, Etiyin Maurice Edet, was on Sunday night abducted by gunmen at his residence in the council area. An aide to the traditional ruler was shot dead in the process of the kidnapping. The spokesperson of the state Police Command, SP Irene Ugbo, confirmed the […]

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]]> The traditional ruler of Akpabuyo local government area of Cross River, Etiyin Maurice Edet, was on Sunday night abducted by gunmen at his residence in the council area.

An aide to the traditional ruler was shot dead in the process of the kidnapping.

The spokesperson of the state Police Command, SP Irene Ugbo, confirmed the incident but said details were unknown to her as at press time.

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A source, however, said the traditional ruler’s aide was killed as he tried to prevent his principal from being abducted.

Akpabuyo, notorious for criminal activities, is less than 15 kilometres from Calabar, the capital city of the state.

Meanwhile, Prof Patrick Egaga of the University of Calabar, UNICAL, has been released by his abductors after 26 days in captivity.

Egaga who is UNICAL’s Director of Servicom, was abducted in the institution’s staff quarters after which his abductors demanded a ransom of N50 million.

Calabar and its environs have witnessed increase in cases of abduction in the past few months.

The targets for abduction are usually lecturers, lawyers, medical doctors, clergymen and high profile individuals.

Source: NAN

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]]> 77675 Gunmen abduct UNICAL director https://frontpageng.com/gunmen-abduct-unical-director/ Mon, 13 Nov 2023 16:56:52 +0000 https://frontpageng.com/?p=76746 The Director of Servicom at the University of Calabar, Prof. Patrick Egaga, has been abducted by gunmen at the university staff quarters. He was abducted on Sunday. Egaga who is a professor at the department of Special Education in the institution was said to have been abducted at his residence. The Police command in Cross […]

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]]> The Director of Servicom at the University of Calabar, Prof. Patrick Egaga, has been abducted by gunmen at the university staff quarters.

He was abducted on Sunday.

Egaga who is a professor at the department of Special Education in the institution was said to have been abducted at his residence.

The Police command in Cross River which confirmed the abduction in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, in Calabar on Monday, said that action had been initiated to secure his release.

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The command’s spokesperson, SP Irene Ugbo, who confirmed the incident,  said that though the family didn’t report the incident, they (police) were working to secure his release.

The institution’s spokesperson, Mr Effiong Eyo, also said the university learnt of the abduction on Monday morning.

The gunmen were said to have whisked the don away through the river that overlooked the university’s staff quarters.

It was gathered that they also came in through the same river that connects Calabar to Akpabuyo local government area of the state.

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