Two young men on Friday, September 19th, met their waterloo in a failed attempt to kidnap a lady supposed to be a student of the University of Calabar, Cross Rivers State.
The failed kidnap attempt which occurred between the hours of 3:30-4:30pm was over the Mary Slessor Avenue near the University main gate. Based on the'9ja Oni Baje'Foundation Int'l, the hoodlums who have been beaten to a pulp were intercepted by the angry mob when the lady raised an alarm for rescue.
"One of the thugs was beaten to just a few inches to death while the other one escaped the extremes of the outrage as he ran into the University of Calabar Main Gate's Security Post," the foundation said.
It however said, the attention of the Joint Military Task Force/Police in Calabar Municipal were immediately called upon by the University of Calabar Surveillance Unit, who immediately arrested the kidnappers. By then, the windscreen of kidnappers' white Audi car with Registration Number GEP-167-AAA (Cross River) were shattered to pieces by the mob. The shattered Audi was later on taken to the Police Division Office by some police officers.