Gunmen suspected to be pirates have abducted 20 passengers who were travelling in a boat from Oron in Akwa Ibom State to Cross River State, Nigeria’s south-south.
Passengers to both states now prefer to travel by water because the Calabar-Itu Federal Highway is dilapidated.
The abduction happened on 18 April, seven days ago.
According to the manifest seen by our reporter, the boat is owned by a private transport company called Akwa Cross Boat Management Ltd.
Timfon John, the…
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