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  • 30-year-old serial kidnapper confesses: Why I killed 50 of my kidnapped victims

    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 mainly within Kaduna, Katsina, Niger and Zamfara.

    Wearing a fake military uniform, Sani said he worked for one Yellow Jambros, who gave him guns and military uniforms for operations.

    He said he was a sector commander in their kidnapping ring and had over 120 men under his command.

    Sani, who said he has lost count of how many kidnap operations he carried out, said any of their victims that paid ransom were allowed to go but those that could not were killed.

    DCP Mba, who said the suspect was nabbed by men of the Special Tactical Squad (STS), said he has been on their wanted list for a while.

    “His area of specialty is kidnapping for ransom and banditry. Occasionally he veers into cattle rustling.

    “He belongs to an organised kidnapping gang that has gone ahead to sectorise their operations.

    “Mohammed Sani is a sector commander within the larger kidnapping and banditry enterprise.

    “He has over 100 men directly under his command. Sani reports to another big kidnapper that is on our wanted list known as Yellow Jambros,” Mba said.

    Also paraded were seven male suspects directly linked with a deadly attack on a bullion van in Abakiliki in Ebonyi on July 29, 2020.

    Mba said two of them were dismissed soldiers.

    He said the men, after a very elaborate plan that involved them carrying out surveillance on the movement of the bullion van for over two weeks, eventually carried out the attack on the said date.

    He said during the attack, four policemen were killed and their rifles taken away but because of reinforcement and courage shown by driver of the bullion van and other operatives, the robbers could not take control of the bullion van and were not successful in stealing any money.

    Mba said subsequently, the men of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) and other detectives carried out a massive investigation that crisscrossed several states of the federation as the IGP ordered a massive manhunt for the suspects.

    He said concerted efforts eventually led to the arrest of the suspects.

    “The gang leader is Sunday Seyemi from Bayelsa State. Arms recovered from them include one GPMG rifle with 136 rounds of GPMG ammunition, six AK47 rifles, 61 AK47 magazines, five K2 magazines, 1, 620 rounds of live AK47 ammunition, two sets of army camouflage and assorted charms and other house breaking implements. Two suspects still at large. We are closing up on them and certainly will pick them up. They will be arraigned soon,” Mba said.

    The Force PRO said 47 suspects were arrested for various offenses including armed robbery, murder, kidnapping, and unlawful possession of firearms among others.

    Weapons recovered include 321 rounds of AK47 ammunition, nine pistols, 10 AK47 rifles, 864 rounds of live cartridges, 583 pieces of military camouflage, one GPMG rifle and N258, 570 cash.

  • Kidnapper’s confession: ‘How I organised kidnap of my neighbour’s wife, 8-month-old son’

    Kidnapper’s confession: ‘How I organised kidnap of my neighbour’s wife, 8-month-old son’

    Buba Mohammed a.k.a Mallam, a neighbour to one Aliyu Suleiman, resident of More in Yulde Pate, Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa State confessed to have connived with a syndicate of kidnappers from Taraba and Adamawa to kidnap Aishatu and her 8 months child.

    Buba made the confession to newsmen in Yola while he was being paraded by Adamawa Commissioner of Police, CP Olubenga Adeyanju at the command headquarters.

    According to him, a herdsman named Wakili approached him to have a deal of kidnapping his neighbour’s wife saying that his brother who is a top government official in the state will cough out millions of naira as ransom.

    While giving details of how he connived with the group of unknown four people, he said he was the one organising and telling them the situation of things during negotiations.

    He said the kidnappers on coming to the residence of his neighbour, Aliyu ran away and advised them to kidnap the wife and her eight months son telling them that they will get enough money from the pending deal.

    Mohammed while responding to our correspondent, he revealed that he was the one monitoring the happenings around and calling them on phone with the appropriate situation reports.

    He confessed to newsmen that the family of Aliyu has been good to him but the devil deceived him to perpetrate the act.

    “Honestly, I don’t know them and I don’t know where they have taken them to. All they say was that they will give me money and it was sixty thousand naira of the one million, ten thousand naira they collected as ransom.

    “I’m pleading for Mercy, it’s the work of the devil, I don’t really know what has come over me,” he confessed.

    Narrating his ordeals, Aliyu said it’s really bad to see Buba aka Mallam who is perceived as a good neighbour do such thing to his family.

    He said “the ugly experience of the fateful day of 11th July 2020 can’t be erased in his mind, the kidnappers actually stormed my house to search for me.

    Suleiman said what baffled him the most is during the ongoing negotiations to secure his wife and son, the kidnappers tell them exactly what they have agreed to do as a family even before they reached out to them.

    “From today, I now understand doing good to people is a serious crime,” he added.

    CP Olubenga told journalists that it took them months to arrest them as they don’t stay in one place and the arms dealer who is providing them with arms and ammunition is being trailed.

  • Wanted criminal ‘Boboski’ dies hours after arrest

    Wanted criminal ‘Boboski’ dies hours after arrest

    The police authorities in Rivers have arrested a suspected kidnapper said to be the most wanted in the state, Honest Digbara, popularly known as Boboski.

    Boboski, said to have come from Nwidera, Gokana Local Government Area was nabbed at Korokoro community in Khana Local Government where he was hiding with his gang members.

    This was confirmed on Saturday by the Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mukan, at the state police headquarters in Port Harcourt.

    The police boss said the arrest of the criminal followed credible information by members of the public.

    To Mukan, Boboski and his gang members were responsible for the kidnapping and killing of one Barrister Emelogu after collecting ransom.

    Boboski shortly before he died from injuries.

    He also blamed the group for the killing of a Divisional Police Officer in Afam Division, Moses Egbede, killing of a civil defence at Glo pipeline, the kidnap and killing of Chief Mbu of Ogu/Bolo after collecting N7million as ransom among others.

    “This suspect is responsible for most of the criminal activities in the state. He was responsible for the kidnap of Barrister Emelogu who was killed after collecting ransom, he is also responsible for the killing of a Divisional Crime Officer Afam Division, SP Moses Egbede, as well as the killing of a soldier and personnel of Civil Defence at Gio pipeline in Ogoni last year, killing of two Policemen at a Federal Highway at Botem among others,” he said.

    Although the suspect was arrested alive, it was gathered that several gunshots could not penetrate his body.

    Also, several attempts made by Boboski to disappear was resisted by the police. The suspect, however, died from matchet cuts.

    Sequel to his arrest, Governor Nyesom Wike had earlier placed a N30 million bounty on Boboski’s head, saying he will reward any member of the public who can provide useful information that will lead to the arrest of the criminal.

  • VIDEO: Woman thrown headlong into ‘ring well’ rescued 3 days after [VIEWER’S DISCRETION ADVISED]

    VIDEO: Woman thrown headlong into ‘ring well’ rescued 3 days after [VIEWER’S DISCRETION ADVISED]

    A woman, identified as Mrs Chizoba Eke, who was thrown into a ‘ring well’ by her kidnapper has been rescued three days after by the Police in Rivers State.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Mrs Eke, a mother of two, was kidnapped by one Chinedu from her home along with her six months old baby on August 17.

    The woman, who was thereafter declared missing by her husband, Mr Eke Eke, was found in the ring well located in an uncompleted building at Igwuruta in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State.

    While speaking with newsmen, Mr Eke said he was invited by the police to come to identify a baby having lodged a complaint about his missing wife and baby previously.

    He said the suspect is known to him in his area as Chinedu, and that the suspect had attempted to rape his wife when she was pregnant.

    Mrs Eke, who was in pains, could only murmur the suspect came to her house claiming that her husband wanted her to come to his house to collect some money.

    Luck, however, ran out on Chinedu as he was caught by the police on stop and search with the victim’s baby at Omerelu, the boundary between Rivers and Imo State.

    Meanwhile, the Rivers State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Nnamdi Omoni has confirmed the ugly incident.

    He said the DPO of Igwuruta Police station informed him that a woman was rescued from a septic tank and taken to the hospital.

    According to the Rivers State Police Public Relations Officer, further details on the matter would be made available to the public as soon as investigation is completed.

    TNG reports Mrs Eke is presently receiving medical attention at an undisclosed hospital in the State.

  • Court orders Public Defender to takeover alleged kidnapper, Evans’ case

    Court orders Public Defender to takeover alleged kidnapper, Evans’ case

    Justice Hakeem Oshodi of an Ikeja High Court on Friday ordered the Lagos State Office of the Public Defender (OPD) to takeover the defence for alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans due to his inability to afford his legal fees.

    During Friday’s proceedings, the Lagos State Attorney-General (A-G), Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN) informed the court that his team placed a phone call to the law chambers of Ladi Williams (SAN) and Co, who represented Evans’ on the last court date to enquire about the whereabouts of Evans’ counsel.

    The A-G noted that his team were informed by the law chambers that Evans has not “perfected their brief”.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Evans who was arraigned alongside five others on Aug. 30, 2017 on two counts of conspiracy and kidnapping has changed lawyers at least five times during the course of his trial.

    Some of the lawyers who have represented Evans include – Mr Olukoya Ogungbeje, Mr Noel Brown and Mr Olanrewaju Ajanaku.

    Reacting to the absence of his defence counsel, Justice Oshodi noted that Evans had developed a habit of engaging the services of lawyers who according to the judge, “disappeared halfway through trial” and this has caused delays in the case.

    “There are five other defendants with different counsel, the interest of the first defendant (Evans) is not superior to those of the other defendants.

    “The court will not breach Section 36(6) of the 1999 Constitution by going ahead with today’s business of the court which is the hearing of the no-case submissions,” he said.

    Justice Oshodi thereafter ordered an OPD counsel who was in court, Ms E.E. Okonkwo, to takeover Evans’ defence.

    Following the judges ruling, Evans co-defendants -Ogechi Uchechukwu, Chilaka Ifeanyi, Okwuchukwu Nwachukwu and Victor Aduba filed no-case submissions asking the court to dismiss the charges against them.

    The second defendant, Uche Amadi, however did not file a no-case submission.

    The defence counsel, Roger Adewole, Olanrewaju Ajanaku, M.C Izokwu and Emmanuel Ochai told the court that no prima facie (correct until proven otherwise) case has been made against the defendants by the state.

    The lawyers urged the court to dismiss the case against the defendants.

    Responding, the A-G asked the court to dismiss the no-case submissions of the four co-defendants.

    “The defendants are asking the court to do something that cannot be done. They are asking the court to analyse evidence and go beyond the window that no-case submissions requires.

    “All that the court needs to do is to show that there is prima facie evidence. There is before the court, legally admitable prima facie evidence enough for the defendants to enter their defence.

    “I urge the court court to dismiss all the applications and that the defendants proceed to enter into their defence” Onigbanjo said.

    Justice Oshodi adjourned the case until Aug. 14 for ruling and possible continuation of trial.

    NAN reports that the defendants are standing trial over the alleged kidnap of Mr Donatius Dunu, the Chief Executive Officer of Maydon Pharmaceutical Ltd.

    According to the prosecution, the defendants allegedly kidnapped Dunu along Ilupeju Road, Lagos on Feb. 14, 2017 and collected 223,000 Euros (N100m) as ransom from his family.

    The pharmaceutical boss, allegedly still held captive by the defendants because his family had not paid additional money to the ransom already collected, escaped captivity and alerted the police.

    Four witnesses including Dunu have testified during the trial on behalf of the prosecution and on Jan. 10, the prosecution closed its case against the defendants.

  • Kidnapped Edo APC chieftain, Ediagbonya found dead

    The leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Edo State, Mr. Presley Ediagbonya, was on Monday found dead, two days after he was abducted by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers.

    Ediagbonya, who was a former Commissioner for Youths and Sports, was said to have been kidnapped from his farm at the weekend in Utesi, around Okada, Ovia North-East Local Government Area of the State.

    The late political leader was a one time local government chairman and had also served as deputy Chief of Staff to the Edo State Government.

    Edo State Police Command spokesman, DSP Chidi Nwabuzor, confirmed the incident.

    According to him, “Speculations on the death is still sketchy, because I am yet to be briefed.

    “When I am briefed, I will come up with a detailed statement to members of the public.”

    Member, representing Ovia Federal Constituency at the House of representatives, Dennis Idahosa, described the late ex-commissioner as a respected, political and outstanding party leader with a broad and impeccable knowledge in party administration and grassroots politicking.

    The federal lawmaker called on security agencies to carry out a thorough investigation “and bring the perpetrators of this dastardly act to justice.”

    He also admonished the security operatives to increase their security presence in the area in order to “prevent a re-occurrence of such sad incidents of kidnapping in the state.”

    Idahosa added: “With a heavy heart I received the news of the demise of Hon. Presley Ediagbonya in the hands of his kidnappers.

    “My thoughts and prayers go to members of the immediate family of this great and illustrious son of Ovia Federal Constituency.”

    “Hon. Ediagbonya will be greatly missed by everyone who came in contact with him while he was alive.”

  • Police nab suspected kidnapper in Niger

    Police in Niger have arrested one Mohammad Betuwa, 35, of Kudungure Fulani Camp in Mariga Local Government Area of the state, for alleged kidnapping.

    The Commissioner of Police in the state, Alhaji Adamu Usman, disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Wednesday.

    ” The suspect, along with four others now at large, attempted to kidnap Alhaji Ibrahim Isa of Kudungure Fulani Camp but when they did not see him, they kidnapped his 15-year-old daughter, Delu Ibrahim,” Usman said.

    He said that the suspect along with four others, upon sigthing the police on patrol, abandoned the girl and ran into the bush.

    He said that the police patrol team succeeded in arresting the suspects in the bush, while the four other suspects took to their heels.

    The commissioner said, upon interrogation, the suspect who is married with two wives and five children, confessed to the crime.

    He said the suspect added that he was into cattle rustling before changing to kidnapping because, according to him (suspect), there was more money in kidnapping than in cattle rustling.

    ” Efforts are on to apprehend the other gang members and recover their operational weapons,” he said.

    Usman said the command had resolved to find lasting solution to the rising security challenges in the state, and had therefore, intensified a carefully planned and well coordinated raid on all identified bandits’ camps.

    ” Combined teams of policemen from the command’s operational units and Special forces have been mobilised for the operation, ” he said.

    He urged residents of the state to support the command with information that could lead to the arrest and prosecution of criminals in the state.

  • Police rescue 3-yr-old from suspected kidnapper in Oyo

    Police rescue 3-yr-old from suspected kidnapper in Oyo

    The Oyo State Police Command has rescued a three-year-old girl, Nimotallah Sulaimon, from a 39-year-old female suspected kidnapper.

    The suspect was paraded on Thursday in Ibadan at the police headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan.

    The police also arrested five suspected kidnappers who allegedly abducted the 17-year-old son of a herdsman, Shakiru Weti.

    The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Shina Olukolu, said that the female kidnapper allegedly abducted the child in Olorunsogo area of Ibadan.

    “She was intercepted and when interrogated, she informed the police that she was in the area to beg for alms when she sighted the girl who was later identified as Nimotallah Sulaimon unattended to and strolling away.

    “She thereafter took her to the Muslim area of Ibadan where she resides.

    “Sequel to this, her neighbours at the sight of Oluwatoyin with the girl, challenged her and inquired how she came about the child.

    “She told lies that the girl belongs to her senior brother and his wife who had a conflict earlier that day and that was the reason she brought the girl to her house at Muslim Area of Ibadan.

    “The community members, who did not believe her story, reported the incident to the Divisional Police Headquarters in Ogbere, and after preliminary investigation, it was discovered that the child was abducted,” he said.

    Speaking also on the arrest of the five kidnap suspects, the commissioner stated that Weti was kidnapped on Sept. 17 and his abductors called on Sept. 22 to demand for N1million ransom.

    He said the ransom was paid after the suspects encouraged the family members to pay up.

    The commissioner added that the suspects were caught with the the ransom sum and the cell phones used in the transaction.

  • Nigerian kidnapper rearrested after breaking out of Ghanaian cell

    Nigerian kidnapper rearrested after breaking out of Ghanaian cell

    A suspected Nigerian kidnapper has been recaptured, 5 days after breaking out of a cell at the Takoradi Metropolitan Police Command in Ghana.

    Samuel Udoetuk-Wills escaped from the custody on the 30th of December, 2018, but was recaptured in the early hours of today, in an abandoned building at Kanssawurodu, near Takoradi. .

    It was gathered that he was caught while sleeping and upon his arrest, he head-butted one of the policemen in an attempt to escape. He has since been transferred to the Police Headquarters in Accra. .

    Samuel was first arrested on December 22, in connection with the alleged kidnapping and disappearance of a number of girls, but mysteriously escaped from cell with the suspected help of his guardians.

  • Kidnapper who slept for several days after tramadol intake finally dies

    Kidnapper who slept for several days after tramadol intake finally dies

    The police in Ondo State say a suspected kidnapper who was arrested in a botched kidnap attempt in Owo is dead following complications from a high intake of tramadol.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the suspect had been unconscious since his arrest over the August 5 incident at a chemist in Owo.

    Femi Joseph, the spokesperson for Ondo State Command, made the death public while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Akure.

    According to Mr Joseph, the suspect died at Owo General Hospital where medical personnel had battled to revive him.

    “The suspect died nine days after we arrested him; we thought he would be revived so that he could help us in our investigation.

    “Unfortunately, he died yesterday (Monday).

    “This could be connected with the high intake of tramadol which he took.

    “We are using this opportunity to further educate the public, especially parents, to monitor their wards and the kind of company they keep, ’’ he said.

    NAN recalls that suspected kidnappers had stormed Chinery Pharmacy in Owo town with the intention of kidnapping the pharmacist.

    The pharmacist, on sighting the suspects with arms, was said to have escaped through an exit door at the back of the pharmacy.

    The suspects later snatched a Bajaj motorcycle from one Daodu Wale who came to there to buy drugs.

    While one of the suspects fell and was arrested, two accomplices escaped on the motorcycle.

    One cut to size locally made gun and 400mg of tramadol were recovered from the suspect.

    He was said to have slipped into coma since his arrest until his death on Monday evening.

    NAN