Security agents suspected to be men from the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested and whisked away to Abuja the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law, Professor Cyril Ndifon said to be involved in a sex scandal.
Professor Ndifon and his wife were sited at about 4.20 pm at the Margaret Ekpo International Airport, Calabar for an onward journey to Abuja for further interrogation.
Ndifon was picked up at about midnight on Wednesday by a heavily armed men suspected to be from the DSS as he was taken straight to the DSS headquarters at Atimbo in Calabar.
An eyewitness said the team arrived at about midnight scaled the fence of the house in Akpabuyo, started shooting sporadically and broke the door open and whisked him away.
The wife who was confused and worried followed the men until they drove inside the DSS premises but she was not allowed in that night.
Later this morning, she went back there with her lawyer and were allowed in and after series of interrogation, Ndifon was flown to Abuja from the Margaret Ekpo International Airport, Calabar for further interrogation.
When a Paradise.ng reporter visited the state command office of the DSS in Calabar at about 10.32 am on Thursday, the operatives manning the entrance gate denied him entry into the office to confirm the arrest of Prof. Ndifon. However, one of the operatives who pleaded not to be named, said he was not aware of the arrest, saying “if we have him here be rest assured that his relatives will be contacted. And you can also confirm from his family which of the security agency arrested him”
Rayve.Ng had earlier reported that the embattled Dean was abducted by Gunmen based on information from Family sources.