Police detain notorious kidnapper 3 years after declaring him wanted

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Five years after being listed as wanted, the Anti Cultism and Kidnapping Squad of the Cross River Police Command made an infamous kidnapping kingpin an arrest.

Kufre Etim, aka Romance, is believed to have opened fire when the SP Ogini Chukwuma-led team stormed his hideout after acting on intelligence.

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In the gunfight with the police, he was hurt, and as a result, he was taken into custody.
Other gang members managed to flee while he was being detained while suffering various wounds.

Sule Balarabe, the state police commissioner, hailed his arrest as a triumph for the Cross River community and the police.“The notorious kidnapper has been terrorising the state and part of a neighbouring state for years, we are glad that he has been apprehended.

“He has been on the wanted list for three years and we finally picked him up today,” he stated.

Mr Romance’s name has been linked with several kidnap cases, armed robbery and killings in the state.

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He is said to be responsible for the abduction of several medical doctors, lecturers of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital as well as the University of Calabar.

He was also responsible for the abduction of the wife of a popular journalist in Calabar

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