Tag: Kidnappers
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Police arrest killers of UNIJOS lecturer, 15 kidnappers in Plateau
Plateau State Police Command has arrested 17 suspected kidnappers who reportedly abducted and killed Dr. Nandi Drenkat, a senior lecturer with University of Jos. State Police Commissioner, Edward Chuka Egbuka who paraded the suspects along other criminals on Saturday at the State Police Command warned kidnappers and bandits to relocate from the state. He noted…
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JUST IN: Kidnapped NTA News Manager regains freedom
The Assistant Manager, News and Current Affairs, Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), channel 6, Aba, Abia State; Mrs. Chinyere Okoye has reportedly regained her freedom. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that Okoye was kidnapped on Thursday by unidentified gunmen. Though information about her release was still sketchy as at the time of filing this report, however, unconfirmed reports…
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In Abuja, policemen chasing suspected kidnappers shoot teenager performing ablution
A teenager, Sadiq Abubakar-Ibrahim, has undergone surgery at the National Hospital, Abuja after he was shot by policemen attached to the Special Tactical Squad. About a dozen detectives of the Nigerian Police Force reportedly invaded the Abuja residence of former Sole Administrator of the National Iron Mining Company, Itakpe, Engr Abubakar Yaro Ibrahim and extra-judicially…
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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 naval officer in Ondo, demand N50m
A naval officer, whose identity has yet to be ascertained, has reportedly been kidnapped by gunmen in the Oba Akoko area of the Owo-Ikare Expressway in the Akoko South East Local Government Area of Ondo State. The victim was said to be a senior naval officer. It was learnt that the kidnappers had contacted the…
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Kidnapped Ekiti Commissioner regains freedom
Ekiti State Commissioner for Agriculture, Chief Olabode Folorunso, who was abducted by unknown gunmen last week has regained his freedom from his abductors. He was released a few hours ago unhurt and has since rejoined his family. A statement issued by Aare Muyiwa Olumilua, Commissioner for Information and Values Orientation, said government was grateful for…
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Photo: Kidnappers abduct, kill three final year UNIPORT students after receiving ransom
Three 400 level students of the Univeristy of Port Harcourt kidnapped on April 7 have been discovered dead in Eleme area of Rivers State. The victims identified as Joy Adoki Nelson Nwafor and Fortune Obemba were declared missing by the police on April 19 after Adoki’s brother, Umor, filed a compliant at Eleme Police Division.…
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Notorious kidnapper shot dead in Rivers, guns, others recovered
The Rivers State Police Command has killed a suspected kidnapper, Samuel Nakpoo, who was said to be among hoodlums responsible for all criminal activities along Ogoni-Uyo axis of the East West road. Samuel Nakpoo who had earlier been arrested and confessed to the crime led the officers to their camp in a forest at Ogu/…