Operatives of the Imo State Police Command alongside other security agents have arrested no fewer than 30 suspected kidnappers and criminals in the state. The criminals were arrested during a Monday raid, by a joint security team, on camps in Orsu local government and Uli community in Ihiala local...
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The Imo State Police Command have rescued the kidnapped Eze Damian Nwaigwe, the traditional ruler of Mbutu in Aboh-Mbaise council area unhurt. The Police Public Relations Officer in the State, CSP Michael Abattam, who disclosed this in a statement issued in Owerri on Saturday, said that the traditional ruler...
Three suspected kidnappers have been arrested by a group of hunters led by Hon. Joseph Salami, Chief Security Officer of Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi. Mr Onogwu Muhammed, the Chief Press Secretary to Kogi Gov. Yahaya Bello, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Thursday....
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The efforts of the Armed Forces of Nigeria and other security agencies across the country have continued to pay-off, with the neutralization of 158 terrorist elements, armed bandits, kidnappers and criminals, as well as the arrest of 100 others in the past two weeks....
Gunmen numbering about 10 have kidnapped the traditional ruler of Mbutu ancient kingdom in the Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State, A community source said the traditional ruler, identified as Eze Damian Nwaigwe, was abducted at his palace around 2:30 am, “Those who kidnapped him were many....
Four students of Delta State University (DELSU) and five others abducted on Saturday, have regained their freedom. Spokesman of the Police Command in the state, DSP Bright Edafe, who confirmed the release of the abductees to newsmen in Warri on Wednesday, said they were kidnapped on the Abraka-Eku Road...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna- Following credible intelligence, fighter jets from the Nigerian Airforce ( NAF) have bombed key enclaves of kidnapping and banditry in Rijana, Kaduna State. It was gathered that the airstrikes also destroyed an armoury and a building occupied by a kidnapping kingpin, Ali Kwaja, and eliminated...
Suspected kidnappers have shot the Commissioner for Environment in Kogi State, Adewale Omofaiye. According to sources, the attackers had laid an ambush for the commissioner before he was shot while some other persons were abducted from the scene. The incident occurred on Sunday evening between Ikoyi and Iyara in...
The Kaduna State Police Command have confirmed the release of 10 out of the 13 abducted staff of the Zaria Local Government, Kaduna state. ASP Mohammed Jalige, Police Public Relations Officer, told newsmen on Sunday in Zaria that the kidnapped staff were released on Saturday, adding that efforts are...
In a very strategic move, Special Forces deployed to tackle the incessant kidnapping of travellers along Kaduna-Abuja highways have eliminated scores of bandits suspected to be behind recent abductions. Video footage obtained by PRNigeria show the corpses of more than a dozen kidnappers that were killed this week.Some of...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – Operatives of The Ogun State Police Command have arrested 5 members of a kidnap syndicate terrorising Obada Oko and its environs in Ewekoro Local Government Area of the state. The Police spokesman in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who disclosed this in a statement on...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The Cross River State Police Command have arrested a suspected abductors of the Redeem Christian Church of God (RCCG) Pastor Sunday Adeniran and the female teacher who were kidnapped on Saturday in Calabar . NATIONAL ACCORD gathered that the Anti Kidnapping and Cultism Squad (AKCS)...
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed two persons at a traditional marriage ceremony at Uquo community in Esit Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom last Thursday. Mr Usoro Akpanusoh, (PDP-Esit Eket/Ibeno) at the Akwa Ibom House of Assembly confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Bayelsa State Governor, Duoye Diri has commended security agencies for the swift rescue of an expatriate kidnapped by gunmen. Governor Diri gave the commendation in a statement issued on Sunday in Yenagoa by his media aide, Mr Doubara Atasi. The governor said the immediate rescue of the expatriate, an...