Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade on Monday continued the demolition of property belonging to suspected kidnappers within Calabar, the state capital.
About 15 buildings have been demolished since the crackdown codenamed Operation Akpakwu on kidnappers began in December 2020.
Speaking with the news media shortly after the demolition of five houses, Henry Okokon, state security adviser (southern senatorial district) to Mr Ayade, said the exercise was in fulfilment of the warning by the governor.
He said: “This is part of the activities of Operation Akpakwu, a special force set up by Governor Ayade to fight crime especially kidnapping. When we get intelligence, we process it and take decisive action, it is no longer business as usual as the governor warned that they either leave or rot in jail.”
