the gang that kidnapped the wife of an Appeal Court judge, a Cameroonian envoy and an Igbo businessman, among others, when commercial motorcycle was banned in Calabar, Cross River State.
The suspects in police net include Nsense Bassy, Edet Ene, Christopher Effaeyo, Etim Offiong, Bassy Effiong and Luis Otubassy. Two locally made guns and 15 live cartridges were allegedly recovered from them. He said: “I am a primary school dropout. My father has no job, my mother left me and I was left on the streets of Calabar to fend for myself.
“We took him to the waterside and I left him at that point and went home. My other gang members were the ones who took the man into our camp, and it was Christian who introduced me to the gang that negotiated for the ransom. “I bought my pistol from one Chris who sells locally made guns at Ikang area of the state and I used it for the third operation, which was brought by one Luis who is a friend to Christian.
“I then called the victim’s family, requested for another N2 million and they gave it to me. I called the boys at the camp then they released the woman for me. I got N350,000 as my share and gave the informant N100,000.