A student of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) and son of a Dean has been kidnapped while two other persons received gunshot wounds following the invasion of the institution’s staff quarters by kidnappers who also robbed their victims of valuable property.
The authorities of the university who made the disclosure of Friday said the kidnapped student, a son of the dean postgraduate school, is in the Department of Banking and Finance.
A press statement issued by the university’s information officer, Mr. Effiong Eyo, titled: “Unical Dean of Graduate School’s Son Kidnapped,” reads: “A first year student of the department of Banking and Finance and son of the current Dean of Graduate School of the University of Calabar, Onyebuchi Okwueze, has been reportedly kidnapped.
“Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers yesterday stormed the premises of the Dean, Professor Emeka Okwueze, who was unavailable at the time of the attack, broke into his house and made away with his plasma television and his 24-year old son who was the only one at home.
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“The gunmen who were said to have begun their operation at about 8.15pm also inflicted injuries on a lecturer in Physics department, Dr Anthony George, and his wife who were driving in and got caught up in the attack. While Dr George was shot on his right hand, his wife sustained bullet injuries on the left knee. Both are however responding to treatment.
“Though they made unsuccessful attempts to gain entrance into the stretch of houses accommodating staff within the wing of buildings, the gunmen however smashed the mirror and front tyre of a Mercedes Benz vehicle belonging to a Professor in the College of Medical Sciences, Prof Chucks Ejezie.
“It will be recalled that in the month of May this year, kidnappers invaded the same wing of buildings and took away with them the son of a Deputy Registrar, Barrister Ekpenyong Iniama and the wife and daughter of Professor Wilfred Ndifon of the College of Medical Sciences, but both were later released.