Tag: Abduct
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Gunmen abduct Shari’a Court judge inside court in Katsina
Gunmen have abducted a judge at a Shari’a Court located between Baure Zaka villages in Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State. The judge, simply identified as Alhaji Husaini Sama’ila was, according to a resident (name withheld), kidnapped at about 3:00 pm today while on a personal visit to the court which was relocated to…
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JUST IN: Nine abducted senior police officers rescued
The Nigeria Police said nine senior officers abducted by gunmen in Katsina since November 8 2020, have been rescued. The officers, all Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASPs), were on their way to Gusau in Zamfara from Maiduguri. They were kidnapped between Kankara town and Sheme in Katsina after the night commercial bus they were traveling…
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Gunmen kill nine, kidnap several in fresh attack on Katsina communities
Gunmen suspected to be Fulani bandits have attacked two communities in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State. According to Katsina Post, the communities attacked are Tsauwa and Gandu. No fewer than nine persons have been killed by the bandits while numerous others were left injured and many more kidnapped. Recall that Tsauwa Village was…
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Kidnappers reject family’s N5m offer, insist on N50m ransom to free abducted Navy Commander
Abductors of a serving Naval officer kidnapped last Saturday in Ondo State have insisted on the payment of N50 million ransom to free the senior officer. The naval officer was abducted by the kidnappers on Owo-Ikare expressway, at Oba Akoko area in Akoko South East Local Government Area of the state, last Sunday. Family sources…
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Gunmen abduct two sisters in Oyo, demand N100m ransom
Police yesterday confirmed abduction of two sisters – Pastor Omobola Adepoju and Mrs. Abiola Olukotun – on a farm in Ibadan, Oyo State. The sisters, who were abducted on Monday, are daughters of the late Chief Emiola Adesina, former Director of Sports, Western Region, who was also the proprietor of Subuola Memorial Nursery/ Primary School,…
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Abducted senior police officer rescued in Kaduna
An assistant commissioner of police based in Kaduna, Musa Rabo abducted on Saturday was on Sunday rescued unhurt. The officer was successfully rescued on Sunday by a combined team of Police operatives from Kaduna, Niger and Zone 7 Command Headquarters Abuja, backed-up by members of the elite Special Forces of the NPF. The Police Force…
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Gunmen abduct NRC MD’s wife
A woman identified as Francisca Okhiria, wife of the Managing Director of Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Fidet Okhiria, was abducted on Wednesday by suspected gunmen in Benin, the Edo State capital. The gunmen, who were in police uniform, were said to have trailed her from the airport and abducted her on the way to her…
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Gunmen capture ex-minister Adewole’s son in Oyo
Four gunmen on Tuesday evening kidnapped Dayo Adewole, son of the immediate past Minister for Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole in Iroko, near Fiditi, Afijio local government of Oyo State. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr. Olugbenga Fadeyi, confirmed the abduction on Wednesday morning. According to Fadeyi, “The man, Dayo Adewole, was abducted…
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Gunmen attack, abduct travellers on Abuja Kaduna Highway
There was pandemonium on the Abuja-Kaduna Highway on Monday evening as kidnappers in their numbers took centre stage of the busy highway robbing and kidnapping several people. According to eye witness reports, before they could apply brakes, several vehicles crashed because of the speed with which the drivers were moving. Distress calls were later put…