How 4 People Were Arrested for Allegedly Kidnapping a 6 Year Old Girl in Cross River

No fewer than 4 people have being nabbed by the Police in Obudu Local Government Area of cross River State over the kidnap of a blind 6 year old girl.

The arrest comes following a tip off from a source and reconnaissance carried out by the Police.

According to CrossRiverWatch the team of four (all males) had kidnapped their victim, a female pupil of St. Joseph’s Primary School on Wednesday afternoon and proceeded to Bishiri village in neighbouring.

Obanliku local government area about 4 kilometres east of school located in the heart of Obudu.

The Police following a tip off had gone on a reconnaissance mission and upon learning about the whereabouts of the victim, swoop in this morning at the compound which looked more like students hostel and after a brief fight, subdued the suspected kidnappers and arrested them.

One of the suspects, hails from Obudu LGA in Cross River while the other three hail from Benue state.

It was also gathered that a Police officer, was bitten by one of the Kidnappers and is currently receiving treatment at an undisclosed facility.

Meanwhile, there are over 200 people currently at the Obudu Divisional Headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force waiting to see the suspects with the Police officers on duty said to be wary of the situation and preventing all access to the suspects to prevent jungle justice been meted out on them.

   This comes days after the youths in Obudu which is over 300 kilometres north of Calabar, the Cross River State capital, cancelled a protest at the dying minutes which aimed at calling the attention of relevant authorities to the kidnappings in Obudu which at the last count, including this botched one, stands at 9 overall and 4 between February 2 and March 8, 2017.

The youths had accused the Police of complicity while the Governor, Senator Ben Ayade introduced the ‘Hafiz law’ and announced a N1million naira prize money for anyone who provides useful information on kidnappers.