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A coordinated search-and-rescue and tactical operations are currently ongoing to ensure the safe recovery of 15 passengers kidnapped by gunmen on the Calabar–Oron waterway on Friday.
The spokesperson for the police command in Cross River, Sunday Eitokpah, said this in a statement on Monday.
“The command is working in collaboration with the Akwa Ibom command and the navy.
“Coordinated search-and-rescue and tactical operations are currently ongoing to ensure the safe recovery of the victims and the swift apprehension of the perpetrators,” he said.
The passenger ferry, loaded from Calabar, was travelling to Oron in Akwa Ibom.
(NAN)
