By OJOMA PETER, Lokoja – No fewer than 134 kidnapped victims have been rescued from Odullo Forest in Kogi State by a vigilance group. The rescued victims were abducted in Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Nasarawa State. The Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi, Mr Onogwu...
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By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the former Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), in Nasarawa State, Alhaji Ismaila Konga, on Monday evening around 7pm. Mr Konga, was kidnapped alongside two others on his way from Akwanga town, the...
The husband and wife alledgedly abducted on the Iragbiji-Osogbo Road in the early hours of Saturday in Osun, while returning from a vigil, have escaped from their abductors. According to Brig.-Gen. Bashir Adewinmbi, Osun State Amotekun Commander, the wife was spotted by operatives of the corps, running out of...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has pleaded with the abductors of the past president of the body, Chief Okey Wali, SAN, to release him unconditionally. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Wali, was reportedly abducted in the early hours of Monday, on the East–West Road, of Obio/Akpor...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The operatives if Nasarawa State Police Command have killed three suspected kidnappers and rescued a victim in Sabon Gida, in Lafia East Development Area of Lafia local government area of the state. DSP Ramhan Nansel, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), made this known in...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH Lafia – The Vigilante Group of Nigeria in Nasarawa Eggon, the headquarters of Nasarawa Eggon LGA of Nasarawa State, has apprehended six suspected kidnappers at their hideout in Tudun Waya. NATIONAL ACCORD gathered that during the operation, the vigilante men also rescued seven abducted victims in...
The Police Command in Ekiti on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of alleged masterminds of cult clashes, and 15 others in connection with different crimes across the state. Addressing newsmen in Ado-Ekiti, the Commissioner of Police, Ogundare Dare, said the arrested suspects included kidnappers, robbers, rapists and notorious cultists, among...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Kidnappers of Prof Onjey Gewado, a former Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State, have demanded the sum of seventy million naira (N70,000,000) ransom. This was disclosed to our correspondent by a family source who is monitoring the developments. Recall that Professor Onje Gye-Wado, was kidnapped Thursday...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Osun State Police Command has arre a fake DSS officer, seven suspected kidnappers and three others for armed robbery. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Yemisi Opalola, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Osogbo, said the suspects were arrested...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Police in Bauchi State have killed thirteen suspected kidnappers at various locations across the State within two months, while six kidnapped victims were rescued. Fourteen different rifles, including 10 AK-47, were recovered within the period during several operations. The Commissioner of Police, Bauchi...
The Baptist Conference in Osun said on Friday that N10 million ransom was paid to secure the release of four members of the church kidnapped on Jan. 11 and Jan. 16. Two of the victims were kidnapped on Jan. 11, and N6 million had to be paid to secure...
By NANA AISHA, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Police Command has killed four persons, arrested four suspected kidnappers and rescued 6 victims in the state. The command’s spokesperson, SP Ahmed Wakil, disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday in Bauchi. SP Wakil said the command recorded unprecedented successes...
The Police Command in Edo has announced the rescue of the President, Igueben area Customary Court, Mrs Precious Aigbonga, who was abducted on Jan. 9, on Benin-Ugoneki-Eguaholor-Ugieghudu-Ebelle Road. The command said in a statement on Friday in Benin by its spokesman, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, that two victims of recent...
By NANA AISHA, Bauchi – Members of vigilante group have arrested two suspected kidnappers and rescued about five abducted victims in some communities around Pali District in Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The Caretaker Committee Chairman of Alkaleri Local Government Area, Bala Ibrahim, who disclosed this to...
The Police in Ondo State have arrested a suspect over his alleged kidnap of a six year-old girl in her mother’s car at a groceries shop in Akure. SP Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ondo State Command, said this in a statement made available to newsmen...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The police in Bauchi State said its operatives in collaboration with other security agents in the state have killed many suspected kidnappers and bandits during an attack it launched on their enclaves at Dajin Madam and at the famous Yankari Game Reserve’s forest in...
Police in Delta State have neutralised a member of a suspected kidnap gang and rescued a victim from the gang’s captivity. Police spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe told newsmen in Warri, Delta on Friday that the suspect was neutralised on Wednesday, same day as the victim was rescued. “Police operatives...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – The Enugu State Police Command has rescued four kidnapped victims in a forest at Akama-Oghe in Ezeagu Local Government of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Enugu. DSP Ndukwe said that...
It was harvest of arrests by the Oyo State command of the Nigeria Police Force, as no fewer than 19 suspected kidnappers were paraded in Ibadan for kidnapping, killings of prominent citizens and armed robbery offences. Among those paraded were 10 suspects linked with the kidnapped of a former...