A Nigerian soldier has found himself in trouble after he was kidnapped by unknown gunmen as he just stepped outside a bank in Cross River state.
The kidnappers stormed the bank and abducted the man
People were left in shock after some unknown gunmen kidnapped a soldier identified as Musa Lawal, attached to the 13th Brigade of the Nigerian Army on Thursday as he stepped outside a bank along the busy Calabar Road in Calabar, Cross River State.
The man just stepped out of the bank when the gunmen bundled him into a waiting vehicle and whisked him away to an unknown destination.
Narrating how the incident happened, an eyewitness, Emma Abang, said the incident happened at about 10a.m in the presence of security officials in the bank.
He said, “The army officer was kidnapped in front of one of the popular banks along Calabar Road after he had finished his transactions.
“It was not clear whether they kidnapped him because of the transaction he went to carry out; but they just whisked him into their vehicle and zoomed off. They took him to an unknown destination.”
A security operative, who prefers anonymity, confirmed the kidnap, Punch reports.