By Emma Una

CALABAR—TWO men, who assisted two nursery school children, Etido Asuquo and Ntia Asuquo, cross the road while they were returning from school, Monday afternoon in Calabar, ended up abducting them.

The children, aged five and three years, respectively, were students of Holy Child Convent Primary School located at 5, Efut Abua Street, Calabar South Local Government Area.

A young man, Edet, told Vanguard that the children were taken away by two men, who disguised as ‘good Samaritans’ to assist them cross the road, but ended up putting them in their car and sped off.

He said: “I saw some men standing at the school gate, while I was at my shop. I saw the men trying to assist the children to cross the road.

“At first, I thought they were parents of the children, but later in the evening news broke out that two children were missing. That was when it dawned on me that the children were taken away by the two men.”

The distraught mother of the kids, Nyeti Etim, 28, a widow, said yesterday afternoon that she had not been contacted by the people who abducted the kids.

She said: “I do not know whether the kidnappers would demand ransom or they had an ulterior motive for their mission.”

Headmistress of the school, Mrs. Asari Eta, said the incident occurred around 12p.m., adding that the school had contacted police.