The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested two suspects over the abduction and killing of Professor Ekanem Philip Ephraim, a professor of neurology, nearly two years after the incident.
A credible source confirmed to Channels Television that the suspects—Patrick Essien Etim, 24, and Bassey Antiha Asuquo, 40—were arrested on December 27 at a medical facility in Cross River State while allegedly planning another kidnapping.
The source said the suspects confessed to abducting and killing the professor after collecting multiple ransom payments from her family.
Professor Ephraim was kidnapped on July 13, 2023, by gunmen who posed as patients at her private clinic on Atimbo Road, Calabar. Her abduction triggered protests and an indefinite strike by the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in the state.
