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  • Kaduna: Kidnappers demand N30m ransom, motorcycles for abducted councillorship aspirant

    Kaduna: Kidnappers demand N30m ransom, motorcycles for abducted councillorship aspirant

    The gunmen that abducted a councillorship aspirant, Japheth Zarma Yakubu, in Kurmin-Kare community, Kachia LGA of Kaduna State, have demanded a N20 million ransom and two motorcycles for his release.

    A source told DAILY POST that the bandits’ leader called on Sunday 11:45am through the victim’s phone and asked the family to raise N20 million, and provide two motorcycles, for them.

    The source further explained that one of the victim’s relatives is negotiating with the bandits to see if the ransom could be reduced.

    “The relative of the victim came to inform us on how he had been able to talk to the bandits’ leader on the need to reduce the ransom demanded due to the economic hardship of the present situation,” the source said.

    The bandits abducted the victim when he went to inspect his farm last week Thursday.

    ASP Hassan Mansur, the spokesman of the Kaduna State Police Command, could not be reached for comments on the development as of the time of filing this report.

     

     

     

  • PHOTOS: List of Nigerians recently killed by kidnappers after ransom payment

    PHOTOS: List of Nigerians recently killed by kidnappers after ransom payment

    NIGERIA is currently under siege from assorted criminals. Lately, there has been a new trend of assailants attacking and kidnapping citizens for ransom purposes but killing the victims despite  payment by their loved ones.

    Below are recent cases of Nigerians who fell victims to these murderous assailants, who despite collecting ransom from the victim’s family, killed them.

    Anas Zubairu

    19-year-old Anas Zubairu was killed during captivity after his abductors collected a ransom of 17m from his family. Zubairu was abducted around the Project Quarters area of the Lafia metropolis on Friday, August 23, 2024, but killed days after his family paid a whooping N17m for his release. 

    Confirming the incident in a Facebook post on Sunday, September 1, 2024, a friend of the deceased, Abdullahi Musa Aboki wrote: “In loving memory of my dear friend Anas, whose life was brutally taken by kidnappers despite our collective efforts to save him. The ransom was paid, but their hearts were stone-cold. Your senseless m8rder has left us with unbearable pain and a deep sense of injustice. Your bright smile, kind heart, and infectious laughter were extinguished too soon. May your soul find peace, and may those responsible face the full weight of justice. Your memory will never fade, and your legacy will live on in our hearts. Rest in peace, dear Anas.”

     

    Sunny Taxman

    A popular businessman identified as Sunny Taxman was reportedly killed by his abductor after a 10m ransom was paid.

    According to an Enugu media personality, Sen Chijinkem Ugwuanyi, the deceased, who is from Alor Agu in Igbo Eze South Local Government Area of Enugu State but based in Onitsha, was killed after his family paid a ten million ransom.

    Sharing a photo of the deceased, Ugwuanyi wrote: “He is from Alor Agu Town in Igbo Eze South LGA.

    “He is a businessman based in Onitsha.

    “They Kidnapped him at Onitsha, demanded for Ransom and above 10 million Naira was paid to the kidnappers.

    “Still they killed him.”

    Christiana Idowu

    A  300-level student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Christiana Idowu, was kidnapped and killed after her family paid a ransom of 350 000 naira.

    Idowu, was abducted by Ayomide, a male friend, who demanded a sum of three million Naira as a ransom from her family before they could release her.

    Christiana had left her home to the University of Lagos in the Yaba area, where she was observing her industrial training when the kidnappers abducted her.

    The abductors then reached out to the deceased family, demanding a ransom of three million before she could be released.

    After several appeals from the family, the abductors agreed that a sum of N350,000 be paid to a specific account, which the family paid. Still, the abductors refused to release her despite the payment.

    A male suspect, Ayomide Adeleye, was arrested in connection with the murder and handed to the police. 

    Rose Eneojoh

    Unlike the others, Rose Eneojoh’s case is different, as the Gunmen were hired to kill the victim.

     A family member, Charles Umoru, confirmed the incident in a Facebook post on Wednesday, where he disclosed that Eneojoh was brutally murdered on Tuesday night, September 10, 2024, at Etikpolo Anyigba. 

    According to him, the deceased offered the killers the same amount to spare her life. 

     The killers took the money and still shot her dead.

     “This innocent woman, Mrs. Rose Eneojoh – wife to my brother inlaw was gruesomely murdered last night at Etikpolo Anyigba. The kill.ers told her and her husband that they were paid 200,000 Naira to ass.assinate her. She offered them more money in exchange for her life, they took the money from them and still went ahead to shoot her, leaving the husband and 5 young Children in misery. How long should this continue in Igala Land?,” he wrote. 

     

  • Kidnappers abduct acting Rector of Benue Polytechnic

    Kidnappers abduct acting Rector of Benue Polytechnic

    The Police Command in Benue has confirmed the abduction of Dr Emmanuel Barki, the acting Rector, Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo.

    Its Public Relations Officer, Mr Sewuese Anene, while confirming the incident, said the Rector was kidnapped with others on their way to Ugbokolo, after an official trip to Makurdi.

    Also taken were some management staff of the polytechnic and their driver.

    NAN sources indicated that the abductees were herded into the bush with their vehicle abandoned on the highway.

    Chief Joseph Har, Adviser to the Governor on Internal Security, who equally confirmed the incident, said that security personnel had swung into action to rescue the victims

  • Insecurity! Thieves steal car with toddler inside

    Insecurity! Thieves steal car with toddler inside

    A man, Taiwo Fayobi, has sought police intervention after hoodlums stole his Toyota Camry car with his son in it in the Ikenne area of Ogun State.

    It was gathered that Fayobi was attempting to open the gate of his house when the hoodlums entered his vehicle and drove away with his three-year-old son.

    The development threw Fayobi into confusion and he raised the alarm over the incident

    He, thereafter, proceeded to the nearest police station to lodge an official complaint so the suspects would be tracked down and arrested.

    Confirming the development in a post on X on Saturday, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Omotola Odutola, identified the number plate of the stolen car as PKA 446 GV.

    The post read, “Stolen Car / Child. On May 11, 2024. One Taiwo Fayobi, a resident in Ikenne, Ogun State, reported he alighted from his Toyota Camry PKA 446 GV to open his gate.

    “Two hoodlums zoomed off with his car, with his three-year-old son inside. Influencers pls share to save the boy.”

  • Kidnappers slept off after abducting pastor’s wife in Ondo

    Kidnappers slept off after abducting pastor’s wife in Ondo

    Five suspected kidnappers who abducted a pastor’s wife and two other persons have been nabbed after their victims identified one of them.

    The victims had escaped when the kidnappers slept off while taking them to their den.

    It was gathered that the effect of hard drugs taken by the kidnappers made them to fall asleep.

    Names of the suspected kidnappers were given as Garuba Mumuni aged 27, Yusuf Tale aged 21, Kabiru Muhammed aged 16, Shaibu Umar and Adamu Mohammed aged 22.

    Police said the suspects were arrested by men of the Ofosu Division after the victims identified one of them.

    The police said: “A case of kidnapping was reported at Ofosu Division, that a pastor’s wife and a member were kidnapped in the church while the third victim was kidnapped while picking snails at the farm. The victims however escaped from their assailants at different dates after they had taken hard drugs and slept off.

    “Through Intelligence, on the 1st of May, 2024, five amongst the six kidnappers were arrested by men of Ofosu division and have been identified by the victims as part of the gang that abducted them.

  • JUST IN: ASP involved in abducting five kids nabbed in Abuja

    JUST IN: ASP involved in abducting five kids nabbed in Abuja

    An Assistant Superintendent of Police simply identified as ASP Kulu, alongside her accomplice, one Elizabeth, has been arrested by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command for allegedly abducting five children, including a less than two-week-old-baby girl from Sokoto State.

    The children include three toddlers under the ages of two, a five-year-old named Asmau Ya’u, and the previously mentioned week-old baby.

    The 5-year-old was reportedly abducted while she was on her way to an Islamiyya school in Sokoto.

    The women sparked suspicion while traveling from Sokoto to Abuja in an 18-seater bus, as fellow passengers observed that none of the women could breastfeed the crying infant.

    A co-traveler who gave his name as Abba Danbaba and Comrade Nura Mukhtar of Human Rights Network Nigeria told a national daily “On that Saturday (April 27), as we were traveling, we noticed that the children were in a frenzy and couldn’t talk.

    So, as we alighted at Deidei, we queried them to prove if they were their biological children to which they answered in the affirmative. The ASP said she couldn’t breastfeed the toddler because she’s been battling breast disease.

    “We then alerted Deidei police division who took the suspects to Gwagwa division and on Monday (April 29), they were transferred to FCT command alongside the abducted children.”

    Investigation revealed that ASP Kulu, reportedly serving with the Kubwa division, had applied for leave, which was not granted before her trip to Sokoto.

    Subsequent inquiries uncovered additional children in her custody at her Deidei apartment, and witnesses from Sokoto Motor Park testified to seeing her with numerous children in the previous weeks.

    When contacted, the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, confirmed that investigations were ongoing.

  • Police raid kidnappers’ hideout in Ijanikin, arrest 3, rescue victims

    Police raid kidnappers’ hideout in Ijanikin, arrest 3, rescue victims

    The Police in Lagos have confirmed the arrest of three suspected kidnappers in the Ijanikin area of the state.

    The Zonal Public Relations Officer (ZPRO), SP. Umma Ayuba, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos.

    She gave the names of the suspects as Samuel Kwasi, 64, Monday Unachukwu, 24, and Freeman Ekpebo, 23.

    The ZPPRO said operatives of the Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos, raided the kidnappers’ hideout at the Ijanikin area, arrested the syndicate, and rescued two victims in a swift operation.

    She said that the suspects had kidnapped two persons and demanded N150 million.

    “On March 26, at 6 p.m., a resident of Millionaire Estate, Oniru, Lagos, reported the kidnap of her 10-year-old son, maid, (names withheld for security reasons), and driver, Mr Samuel Kwasi, in the Ikoyi area of Lagos.

    “She further revealed that the kidnappers demanded N150 million ransom.”

    “Acting on this intelligence, a team of detectives led by CSP Tijjani Taofiq (Officer-in-Charge of the Zonal Monitoring Unit), acted swiftly utilising advanced tracking techniques and intelligence gathering,” she said.

    Ayuba said the team pinpointed the kidnappers’ hideout in the Ayetoro area of Ijanikin, Badagry Road, Lagos.

    “On March 28, at 3.40 p.m., the officers raided the hideout at Cozzy Hotel, Ijanikin, where one of the suspects, Unachukwu, was arrested and the victims rescued unharmed.

    “In a coordinated operation, Kwasi, the driver and Ekpebo, were apprehended at Sun Era Hotel, Ijanikin, where they were allegedly waiting to receive the ransom,” she said.

    According to the ZPRO, investigations revealed that Kwasi was the principal suspect and mastermind of the kidnap.

    “Kwasi has confessed to demobilising the car’s tracking device before the operation.

    “The car’s tracking device and a knife were recovered from the hotel room at Sun Era Hotel, Ijanikin, where the suspects lodged,” she said.

    Ayuba said that the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in-charge of the zone, Mr Olatoye Durosinmi, commended the Police officers for the swift response and also appreciated the community for its cooperation and vigilance.

    She said that the AIG also urged parents and guardians to be cautious and conduct thorough background checks when employing domestic staffers.

    According to her, the command remains committed to ensuring the safety and security of all residents of Lagos and Ogun States.

  • GOOD NEWS: 30 kidnapped Katsina kids released after 24 hours

    GOOD NEWS: 30 kidnapped Katsina kids released after 24 hours

    Thirty children, primarily girls, who were abducted by bandits in Kasai Village in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State have been safely released.

    The terrorists abducted the victims while they were gathering firewood in their community on Monday.

    However, less than 24 hours later, the children were released after the intervention of law enforcement agencies and community stakeholders.

    The State Police Public Relations Officer, Katsina State Police Command, ASP Abubakar Sadiq, confirmed the release on Tuesday.

    He said: “Following a concerted effort by the command, in collaboration with relevant stakeholders, we’ve achieved a positive outcome.”

    He further assured the public that the police were committed to investigating the incident thoroughly.

    The news of the children’s release was also confirmed by Muhammad Batsari, a resident of the affected area.

    “I received a call this morning informing me that the bandits had released all the kidnapped victims,” Batsari said.

  • Kidnappers must be treated as terrorists – President Tinubu

    Kidnappers must be treated as terrorists – President Tinubu

    Due to incessant banditry attack and the rate of Kidnapping  in the country, president Tinubu has declared that people involved in the act must be treated as terrorists.

    The president made this comment on Tuesday during a Ramadan dinner with members of the Federal judiciary, led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola.

    “We must treat them equally as terrorists in order to get rid of them, and I promise you we will get rid of them.”

    The dinner was attended by serving and retired judicial officers, including two former CJNs, Justice Mahmud Mohammed and Justice Walter Onnoghen.

  • Kidnappers of students must be fished out, punished – Minister

    Kidnappers of students must be fished out, punished – Minister

    The Federal Government will soon fish out and prosecute kidnappers of school children, information minister Mohammed Idris has said.

    Idris spoke in Kano on Wednesday in an interactive session with media executives and practitioners organised by the Ministry of Information and National Orientation.

    He said President Tinubu had directed all security agencies to expedite action toward ensuring that school children recently abducted in Kaduna were rescued unhurt and reunited with their families.

    The minister advised journalists to desist from amplifying the activities of kidnappers and bandits on the pages of national dailies.

    “Mr President is disturbed that journalists celebrate the activities of kidnappers and bandits on the pages of national dailies.

    “He believes that such publicity encourages the unpatriotic elements,” he said.

    He said that the federal government is currently putting adequate modalities in place to overhaul the agricultural sector towards ensuring food security.

    “Mr President is insisting that Nigeria must be self sufficient in food production.

    “Proactive measures have been adopted by the federal government to ensure adequate provision of  assorted fertilizer to farmers at subsidize rates,” he said .