Unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a two term Chairman of Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State identified as Obol Ubi Itam Ettah.
OBSERVERS TIMES learnt that the victim popularly known by many as Bomboy, was abducted by 5 gun wielding men on Monday, August 9, at his fuel station on Ikom-Calabar highway, close to Ediba junction in Ugep.
According to sources, Obol Ubi was sitting at this station when a vehicle approached him and 5 men came out and immediately displayed their AK-47 rifles.
The men grabbed Bomboy, pushed him into the vehicle and drove to Ediba junction, turned right and drove off with him. The incident caused commotion at the filling station as motorists left their cars and fled.
Obol Ubi, it was learnt served as council Chairman from 2007 to 2013. He was also in charge of the Ekori Paradise Toothpick Factory constructed by the Cross River State Government. He said to have later defected to the Democratic People’s Party (DPP) to contest for the seat of the Senator representing central Cross River at the National Assembly.
He later defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) and is said to have left back to the People’s Democratic Party recently after the Governor, Benedict Ayade was railroaded into joining the APC.
