source: Cross River Watch; Daily Independent (Nigeria); Daily Trust (Nigeria)
actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria)
actor2: Civilians (Nigeria)
location: Calabar
notes: On 6 July 2021, about 10 gunmen, dressed as the Nigerian Police Force, abducted the Special Adviser on Cocoa Development to Governor Ben Ayade from the cocoa farm at the Cross River Broadcasting Corporation in Calabar (Calabar Municipal, Cross River). The man was released hours later.