Professor Ekanem Philip Ephraim, a highly regarded neurologist and consultant at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), has been abducted.
His abduction was confirmed by Cross River State Police Command on Friday morning.
It was gathered that the incident happened at about 9:00 pm on Thursday, July 13, around Mountain of Fire church , Road , off Atimbo in Calabar Municipality LGA. His abductors pretended like they had a patient with them and they demanded to see the doctor immediately.
Commenting on the abduction, Cross River police spokesperson, SP Irene Ugbo said;
“The command has promptly initiated a tactical operation to track down the perpetrators responsible for this reprehensible act.
“However, due to the audacity of the criminals, who seized the mobile phones of onlookers and even security guards present at the scene, the response time of the tactical teams was significantly hindered.
“It is indeed true that a medical practitioner was kidnapped last night. We are resolute in our relentless fight against crime, and our pursuit of the kidnappers is ongoing. Let be public be rest assured, we will bring them to justice.”
