The Army said it has rescued the Commissioner for Women Affairs in Cross River, Gertrude Njar, from kidnappers’ hideout.
Army spokesperson Dorcas Aluko made the disclosure in a statement.
Aluko said Njar was kidnapped on February 1 in the Mayne Avenue area, Calabar South.
The Army spokesperson said the troops acted on actionable intelligence on the victim’s whereabouts and laid a tacit ambush for the kidnappers around Peter Effiong Creek, Messembe, Jebs.