Tag: Kidnap
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Gunmen kidnap father, two Children, one other family member in Ondo
A gang of armed men on Sunday evening kidnapped four members of a family, including a father, his two children and another family member at Iju-Itaogbolu in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo state.
The four victims were abducted while travelling from Ado Ekiti to Akure to attend a church programme when they ran to the roadblock mounted by the armed kidnappers.
According to a source, the four victims who were travelling in a Space bus with three other passengers were unlucky as the three other passengers ran away immediately after the vehicle was stopped.
He explained that the vehicle was stopped at a very bad spot very close to a popular Secondary school in the town saying the kidnappers forcefully dragged the father, his two children and the family member into the bush.
He said the armed started shooting into the air to scare the residents of the area while they marched the victims into the forest.
He, however, said men of Amotekun Corps in the state who got wind of the incident chased the hoodlums, but they were said to have escaped into Ekiti state forest with the victims.
The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Funmilayo Odunlami, who could not confirm the abduction of the four family members said the information available is still sketchy, saying it was not too clear whether the incident happened in Ondo or Ekiti State territory.
She, however, said the police from the command had swung into action to investigate the incident.
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JUST IN: Bandits burn 10 alive, kidnap seven after bloody raid of Niger communities
Ten people have been reportedly burnt alive, several others killed while seven women were said to have been kidnapped by bandits during an attack in the Kachiwe community in Sarkin Pawa Ward of Munya Local Government Area of Niger state during the week.
The Secretary of Munya the Local Government Area, James Jagaba narrated the ordeal which he described as ‘an ugly incident’.
He said, “The bandits set all the houses ablaze, burnt ten people alive, abducted ten women and slaughtered the others. On their way after carrying out their heinous act, they met two people whose vehicle broke down, they stopped and killed those two people then burnt down their vehicle. In the process, three of the abducted women escaped and the bandits went with the other seven women.
“The whole community was wiped out by the bandits, nobody survived. We got to know about how they carried out the activities from the women who escaped and are still in shock.”
The Secretary added that the bandits moved to Shapè village under the Sarki Pawa ward and slaughtered nine people while others in the community took to their heels adding that they also killed seven people in the Gogope ward.
It was learnt that the bandits were able to carry out their activities unabated due to the seizure of mobile networks in the affected communities.
“We were told that all efforts to reach the security personnel proved abortive because, for some days, there has not been mobile network service in Munya local government. The people could not reach out to the security agencies neither could they reach out to the council. At the council, we got the message very late and efforts to get the security was not possible”, James said.
He said that the women are currently in a state of shock and have been showing signs of trauma.
“The three people who survived are currently in shock and suffering from trauma. They need to be helped medically and otherwise because all they have has been burnt down by the bandits,” he said
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How a boy I fed, clothed arranged for my kidnap in Rivers – Businessman
A businessman, Alex Arthur, has narrated how a boy he fed and clothed contracted a gang to kidnap him in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
“There is a boy I used to know in my former place of residence. His name is Golden aka Sugar Gold. I met him early last year. He was looking unkempt, although he was old enough to take care of himself.
“I was helping, clothing, him. I fed him sometimes, showing him love even though he wasn’t related to me. But he was the one, who arranged a gang of criminals to kidnap me.”
Alex said the incident occurred on September 8, around 10 am, while he was on his way back from the gym.
He said: “I alighted from my car to open my gate at Iwofe area, two guys approached me. One of them showed me an ID card claiming to be a naval officer and he called my name first, my phone number, my local government area. He called out all my personal information.
“The other person brought out a gun and asked me to go to the back seat of my car while the other one took charge of my driver’s seat.
“They drove out of my street and we headed for D/line, where the one driving went into an office, collected some documents and drove to the bank where he performed some transactions.”
He said one of the assailants held him at gunpoint in the back seat throughout the period.
“From there, they drove me down to an unknown area in Oyigbo axis, where they kept me briefly and demanded a ransom of N1.5million.
“After the negotiations, they said I didn’t come up with a reasonable amount of money. They drove me back to my house in Port Harcourt, where they made away with my television set, emptied my fridge, turned my room inside out.
“They left with the things they collected, which are my car, phone, television set, N128,000, and a huge sum of money from my car and headset.
“They brought me back the same day. They dropped me at my junction and zoomed off. I think they felt it would be an inconvenience for them to keep me captive. Moreover, they were just two guys.”
Alex added: “I was scared for my life. They had a six-round loaded pistol pointed to my waist. They threatened to kill me. Those guys are heartless and wicked.”
He said the two-man gang members were later tracked with the aid of his stolen phone and arrested by the police. He said they confessed that Sugar Gold sent them to kidnap me.
“I felt heartbroken that someone I was assisting to get on his feet turned around to kill me. His people have been begging me to forgive him. I have forgiven him but he needs to suffer the consequences of his action.”
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Bandits kill two, kidnap four after evening prayers in Sokoto
Two persons have been killed while four others have been abducted by bandits who attacked Tangaza town in the northern district of Sokoto state on Friday.
According to residents in the area, the bandits attacked the town after the evening prayers and started shooting sporadically, killing a shop owner on the spot.
A young girl was also shot and was rushed to the hospital, but later died.
Three other persons who were injured are now said to be receiving treatment.
In the process of the attack, the bandits carted away foodstuffs and drinks.
According to residents, the timely intervention of security agencies alongside local vigilantes who rescued one of the kidnap victims helped in reducing the number of casualties.
About five children were kidnapped, while one was rescued after security personnel chased one of the bandits into the bush.
Meanwhile, the Sokoto State Police Command PPRO, ASP Sanusi Abubakar confirmed the incident but maintained that only one person was killed and there was no abduction.
The attack comes a few days following reports that a threat letter was sent to some communities in Sokoto from suspected bandits.
In the letter written in the Hausa language, the said attackers mentioned five communities – Shuni, Kwanar Kimba, Rikina, and Dange, all in Dange/Shuni Local Government Area, causing panic among the residents.
Sokoto is one of the states in the North-West region that has recently come under attack by bandits who kidnap for ransom, rape, steal, and murder people.
Some other states such as Zamfara and Katsina, plagued with similar challenges, have taken up more stringent measures to curb the crime rate such as the shutting down of telecoms services and the closure of some markets and filling stations.
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Abduction of students: SSANU tells FG to allow varsity security bear arms
SENIOR Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, has for the umpteenth time told the Federal Government to approve licenses for security outfits in all institutions of learning to bear firearms in order to adequately checkmate security threats and criminal incursions.
The association has also bemoamed what it described as the federal government penchant for reneging on agreements entered into with labour unions, saying that such action was responsible for the strike embarked upon by doctors.
These were parts of the resolutions by SSANU at its 40th National Executive Council, NEC, meeting at the Nasarawa State University, Keffi.
In a communique signed by its National President, Comrade Mohammed Ibrahim, SSANU decried the alleged shoddy and lopsided implementation of some core components of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), especially the Hazard and other Earned Allowances yet to be fully implemented in the monthly salaries of its members as earlier agreed.
Besides, the association’s NEC noted with great concern, the reluctance of some federal and state governments to implement the new national minimum wage and its accumulated arrears.
The association urged the federal government to pay the arrears of new minimum wage as previously agreed in the Memorandum of Agreement, MoA.
According to the communique, “NEC in session observed with dismay the shoddy and lopsided implementation of some core components of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). Specifically, Hazard and other Earned Allowances that are yet to be fully implemented in the monthly salaries of our members as earlier agreed.
“Granted that implementation of the allowances has commenced, it is rather surprising that they are scandalously captured. Government is therefore earnestly urged to stabilize the mode of salary payment vide IPPIS and immediately commence the payment of Hazard, Responsibility, Excess workload, overtime, and others alongside monthly salaries without further delay.
“In a similar vein, NEC noted with great concern, the reluctance of some Federal/State Governments to implement the New National Minimum Wage and its accumulated arrears. NEC in session also urges the Federal Government to pay the arrears of New Minimum Wage as previously agreed in the Memorandum of Agreement.
“NEC therefore enjoins States and the Federal Government to effect payment of the long overdue arrears of the minimum wage which has lost value due to the high rate of inflation currently experienced in the country.”
On the re-negotiation of the 2009 FGN/SSANU Agreement, NEC was briefed that the exercise would soon commence after it was halted last year as a result of Covid-19.
“Government’s Committee for the purpose was expecting a date from the SSANU/NASU delegation. Consequently, a date to kick start the re-negotiation exercise would soon be communicated to Government after all logistics had been put in place.
“NEC urges government to show sincere commitment to the course of the exercise when it eventually takes off, bearing in mind that same agreement was entered over a decade ago and ought to have been re-negotiated twice,” the communique stated.
Commenting on the state of the nation and the growing insecurity in the country, SSANU said it was an incontrovertible fact that major facets of the nation were in deplorable states making Nigeria the “giant of Africa” a laughing stock in the comity of Nations.
It said, “Every well-meaning Nigerian should be concerned about the state of our dear Nation Nigeria, a country blessed with natural and human resources which is now a shadow of herself, ravaged and grappling with insecurity, kidnapping, banditry, rape, killings and monstrous corruption.
“NEC in session condemns in strong terms, the absurd and unabated increase in insecurity across the country, especially the incessant abductions/demand for ransom and killings of students and staff of secondary and tertiary institutions by bandits, especially in the Northern part of the country.
“The recent invasion of the Nigerian Defence Academy Kaduna was a National embarrassment and disgrace, indicating a total collapse of the security architecture of the country.
“This dangerous dimension has forced several states to shut down schools in violence-prone areas. This will no doubt, add to the over 13.5millions out of school children in Nigeria today.
“From all indications, this is a great threat to the educational system, bearing in mind that the economic growth of any nation directly depends on the level of her educational standard and stability
NEC therefore calls on the Federal Government to urgently stem this ugly tide by vigorously strengthening the security agencies to ensure effective tackling of this monstrous menace.“Furthermore, relevant enforceable laws should be enacted to curb this savagery. NEC also strongly canvasses for Government’s approval of licenses for security outfits in all institutions of learning to bear firearms in order to adequately checkmate these security threats and criminal incursions.
“The state of Nigerian roads can best be described as death traps. A situation where Nigerians spend an entire day travelling on deplorable roads for a supposed three-hour journey is totally unacceptable given the natural resources the country is endowed with.
“Hoodlums capitalize on the failed portions of the road to lay ambush on unsuspecting travellers to rob, kidnap and even kill.
“NEC in session therefore calls on the Federal Government to take urgent steps in ensuring that our high-ways are motorable in order to reduce the hardship and risks of the teaming citizenry who ply these roads.”
It lamented over incessant strike embarked upon by labour unions, accusing the government of being responsible for that.
“The Nigerian media space is regularly awash with headlines of labour Unions embarking on protests and strike actions occasioned by Government’s unbridled insensitivity to the plight and welfare of workers who are co-drivers of the economy.
“Most of the industrial actions are traceable to Government’s refusal to honour Memorandum of Agreement or Memoranda of Action freely entered into with the trade Unions. It is heart rending that medical doctors could be on strike for over forty (40) days in Nigeria in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic and recent life threatening cholera outbreak ravaging the country.
“NEC in session seriously condemns the attitude of Government’s serial reneging on agreements with trade Unions. Government is therefore urged to cultivate the habit of honouring agreements it willingly signed with labour Unions to avoid these incessant strikes.”
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300-level student kidnaps five-year old boy, demands N5m
Two suspects, one of them a 300-level student at a university in Katsina, have been arrested by the Katsina Police Command for the kidnap of a five-year old boy.
The police gave the names of the suspects as Aliyu Ibrahim and Abdulrahman Abdullahi, both of the Dutsin-ma Local Government Area of the state.
The suspects, who were paraded at the Katsina State Police Command headquarters on Thursday, were alleged to have kidnapped the five year old boy and demanded N5m ransom.
The spokesman for the Katsina command, SP Gambo Isah, said the boy’s father refused to pay the ransom but reported the incident to the police.
The police arrested the men the boy’s grandfather revealed that he saw him with one of the suspects.
“The two suspects have confessed to the crime. The boy is one of the suspects’ cousin. Investigation is ongoing,” the police spokesman added.
He added that the police arrested other suspected criminals and repelled bandit attacks
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Gunmen attack, kidnap three top workers of Obasanjo
Gunmen have kidnapped three workers of former President Olusegun Obasanjo at a village in Abeokuta on Wednesday.
According to reports reaching TheNewsGuru(TNG), the incident happened in the evening.
The gunmen were said to have attacked the three workers at the Obasanjo Holdings in Kobape in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area.
Insider sources said the workers abducted are the financial controller, group auditor and group store manager of the firm.
They were reportedly abducted around 4pm at Seseri village after their Hilux car was shot at by the gunmen, who took them away.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident.
He said, “It happened today (Wednesday) around 6pm . There is Obasanjo Farm around the area in Kobape.
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Bandits kidnap 18 in fresh attack on Kaduna community
Bandits have on Monday night, abducted 8 people in the Keke community of Chikun Local Government area of Kaduna State,but 5 were able to escape.
The PPRO of the Kaduna State Police Command,
ASP Mohammed Jalige said that their men were on the bandits trail and claimed that they rescued the 5 victims.
Malam Ibrahim who was among the escapees, said the bandits raided the community when it was raining and abducted the victims including women and children.
“We manage to escape and hid in rice farms. But others were taking through the bush paths into the forest by the bandits” he said.
Members of the community called on the authorities to provide security in the area,and decried alleged late response of security agents to emergency calls.
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BREAKING: Bandits attack another Zamfara school, abduct students
Bandits have abducted a yet-to-be ascertained number of students following an attack on Kaya Day Secondary School in Zamfara State.
According to a report by Channels Television, the incident occurred at about 11 am on Wednesday in Maradun Local Government Area of the state.
A source within the government, who pleaded anonymity, confirmed the attack on the school and the students’ abduction.
But police authorities in Zamfara have yet to confirm the incident.
Sources explained that the assailants invaded the school in a large number and left with the students to an undisclosed location.
Details soon…
