 The Cross River State Police Command has confirmed that eight persons kidnapped on the Ecom Calabar Road between Oogap and a campire have all been rescued and reunited with their families. Speaking with our correspondent Jesse Essayen-Foen, the Public Relations Officer of the Cross River State Police Command, S.P. Renner, denied it was a banditry attack. Hello. Yes. Good afternoon. My name is B.S.E.C. I work with Plus TV Africa. Ah, we heard that there was a suspected bandit attack along the Ecom Calabar Road. So I'm calling when I can get the details from him. It's not a bandit or enhancement as a ledge. It's an armed robbery attack. Yes. But were they kidnapped? I don't know. Armed robbery attack on travelers. Okay. I went there yesterday. It happened before yesterday. Yesterday we were able to rescue the victims. Okay. But can you give me maybe the number of those that were rescued? Of them we were rescued. Five of them? Eight of them, eight. Okay. But total of kidnapped victims were eight and out of the eight have been rescued. Total of kidnapped victims were nine. Okay. One was able to escape from his home. Okay. Then police rescued eight. Okay. I'm grateful. Thank you so much. You're welcome. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.