Tag: Kidnapper
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After regaining freedom, abducted Niger commissioner reveals identities of his kidnappers
The abducted Niger State Commissioner of Information, Alhaji Muhammad Sani Idris, said he was kidnapped by bandits from Zamfara who were hired by his foes. Speaking shortly after his release, he said the kidnappers were told to kill him if he refuses to pay a ransom of N200m. “The people that kidnapped me, please don’t…
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FCT police arrest teenage kidnapper, four others
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested 19-year-old Abdul Alhassan, and four other suspected kidnappers. Alhassan and Lawal Abdullahi, 25, were arrested in connection with kidnappings along Tunga-maje axis of the FCT while Usman Musa, 20; Bello Musa, 21, and Haruna Alhassan, 22, were said to be members of a notorious syndicate of kidnappers…
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NSCDC official killed in crossfire with suspected kidnappers in Edo
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) in Edo, on Thursday, announced that one of its personnel was killed during a crossfire with suspected kidnappers in Benin. Mr Richard Ogbebor, the Command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO) said this in a statement in Benin. According to Ogbebor, the officer was killed during a crossfire when…
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Notorious kidnapper abducted by another kidnap gang; paid N1.5m ransom to regain freedom
A notorious kidnapper, Mohammed Ahmadu, notorious for terrorising commuters on the Abuja-Kaduna and Abuja-Lokoja highways was abducted by another kidnap gang and had to pay N1.55 million for his freedom. Ahmadu was said to have visited the gang’s hideout to sell ammunition when he was kidnapped and shot in the arm when he hesitated to…
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Nigerian suspect linked to kidnap of German national arrested after 32 months
The Kano State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of an armourer of a syndicate alleged to have kidnapped a German national and killed one police officer in the state. This comes about three years after 59-year-old Kreser Krank Michael of Dantata & Sawoe Construction Company was abducted at a construction site along the Madobi…
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JUST IN: Police arrest suspected abductors of Fayemi’s ex-commissioner
Ekiti State Police Command, on Friday, said one of the suspected abductors of former Commissioner of Agriculture in the state; Mr. Olabode Folorunso had been arrested. Folorunso, who was kidnapped by some suspected Fulani herders men on Sunday, April 26, 2020, at Elemosho -Ekiti along Isan- Iludun Road in Oye Council, was left off the…
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TRENDING: Drama as kidnapper mistakenly boards vehicle owned by one of his victims
There was a drama on Sunday in Sokoto State as suspected to be a kidnapper mistakenly boarded a commercial vehicle owned by one of his victims. According to a report published in a national daily, Daily Trust, the victim, a driver, was kidnapped along Kankara in Katsina state while returning from Kano about two months…
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Borno killing: 10 women still missing, says Amnesty
Global rights group, Amnesty International, says 10 women working in the Kwashaba rice farm where Boko Haram slaughtered 43 persons, are still missing. Amnesty said this in a tweet on Sunday. The organisation further stated that 16 out of the 43 farmers that were killed were actually Internally Displaced Persons. The tweet read in part,…
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REVEALED: How police arrested notorious kidnapper, Evans using his sister
There was a mild drama on Tuesday when a lawyer representing the Inspector-General of Police, Intelligence Response Team (IRT), confronted an alleged SARS victim, Mrs Ndubisi Obiechina about being the sister of the alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike alias Evans. Mr Nosa Uhumuangho, the counsel for the IRT confronted Ndubisi at the venue of the…
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30-year-old serial kidnapper confesses: Why I killed 50 of my kidnapped victims
A 30-year-old kidnap suspect, Mohammed Sani, said he killed more than 50 of his victims because they could not afford to pay ransom. Sani, who was paraded by the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, alongside 46 other criminals at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) Headquarters in Abuja, said he carried out his operations…