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  • Just in: Police speaks on kidnap of six JAMB officials, says one rescued

    Just in: Police speaks on kidnap of six JAMB officials, says one rescued

    The Kogi State Police Command on Monday said it has rescued one of the six kidnapped Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) staffs abducted on Sunday along the Obajana-Kabba road.

    The command’s spokeman, Mr. William Ayah, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), who confirmed the development, said that the police rescued one of the kidnapped staff while a thorough combing of the area is ongoing to rescue the five others

    The six workers were reportedly abducted along the Kabba-Obajana road, in Kogi State, over the weekend.

    A staff of the JAMB, who confirmed the incident, said the victims were from the Head Office in Abuja heading for Kogi West in preparation for Tuesday’s mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

    Details soon…

  • Kidnappers force their way into Provost’s house, kill one

    Kidnappers force their way into Provost’s house, kill one

    One person has been confirmed dead in an attempt to kidnap Dr. Mike Dio-Jen, the Provost of Taraba College of Education Zing, at his residence in Jalingo.

    The incident occurred in the early hours of Friday, at the Green Beach area of Kona ward, in Jalingo.

    An eye witness who spoke under anonymity said that the kidnappers who came in their numbers, fired several gunshots at the gate of the provost’s house and forced their way in.

    They, however, met stiff resistance by security operatives, guarding the provost’s house and this led to the death of the gateman of the house while the kidnappers fled the area through a nearby river

    The remains of the slain gateman, Shawulu Yeshi, who was a staff of the college, have been deposited at the morgue of Federal Medical Centre, in Jalingo.

    The Police spokesman in Taraba, ASP David Misal, confirmed the incident, saying the police were investigating the case.

    Misal added that the police would do their best to see that crime was nipped in the bud in the state.

    In spite of the enactment of the anti-kidnapping prohibition law signed by Gov. Darius Ishaku, the menace is still prevailing unabated.

  • Insecurity: Juji indigenes re-locate from ancestral home over menace of kidnappers in Kaduna

    …say our state govt can no longer protect us

    Emmanuel Bagudu, Kaduna

    Bandits and Kidnappers have forced some residents of Juji, in Chukun Local Goverment Area of Kaduna State to relocate to the metropolitan city and other safer areas in the state.

    TNG reliably gathered that the exodus is making the area scanty. Juji, a settlement just 15 kilometres from kaduna metropolis was recently hit by bandits who kidnapped and kill residents at will.

    A medical doctor and philanthropist Philip Ataga is the most recently affected victim who paid 20 million naira to rescue his two children but lost his wife who was killed by the dare devil bandits after a ransom of 150 million naira wasn’t provided.

    It could be recalled that Dr Ataga donated a police station building located just 50 metres from his house just few weeks before he was attacked. “If a whole doctor Ataga who built a police station can be attacked and his wife killed, who are we?…I am leaving this area for good ohhh…. ” Mrs Linda Ishaya told TNG in Kaduna.

    Asked where she is relocating to; Mrs Ishaya refused to disclose but simply said ‘…. I am going to somewhere safe.

    The horrible experience of Dr Phillip Ataga no doubt sent shivers down the spine of Juji residents. An elderly man who pleaded anonymity claimed the state is under siege” and if the state government do not rise to its responsibility of protecting lives and properties, there will be chaos.

    In his words: “we have no other state than this, kaduna is our home, we must solve this problem, the state government must rise to its responsibilities…. ”

    Different trucks are seen going in and out of Juji on a daily basis loading home appliances to different destinations.

    A young man named Abdullahi Sule said residents are not to blame for relocating as law enforcement agents cannot be relied upon. “…. we protested on January 25th but we don’t think something will be done that is why you see people relocating….. ”

    It could be recalled that the Juji residents protest on January 25th 2020 attracted massive publicity where residents accused Security operatives of Complicity.

  • Police kill two suspected kidnappers, rescue victim in Katsina

    Police kill two suspected kidnappers, rescue victim in Katsina

    Men of the Katsina State Police Command have killed two suspected members of a kidnap syndicate in the state.

    During the operation, the security operatives arrested another suspected member of the criminal gang while one of their victims was rescued.

    The Commissioner of Police in the state, Sanusi Buba, disclosed this to reporters while parading the arrested suspect and the bodies of those killed at the Command Headquarters in Katsina.

    He added that operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) carried out the operation when they stormed the hideout of the suspects at Yar-Talata village in Malumfashi Local Government Area (LGA) of the state.

    Buba noted that the team, acting on credible intelligence, stormed the camp of a notorious kidnap kingpin where the rescued victim was held hostage.

    He, therefore, called on the people of the state to support and cooperate with the Command in the ongoing fight against all forms of crime in the state.

    The feat was recorded barely 19 days after the police commissioner presented a 10-month report, highlighting the achievements made by the command within the period under review.

    He promised the residents that the year 2020 would witness a paradigm shift in a collective approach, especially against the disturbing trend of banditry and kidnapping in the eight front-line LGAs of the state.

  • Kidnappers kill six teenage abductees

    Kidnappers kill six teenage abductees

    Kidnappers have murdered six teenagers in Ethiopia after their demands for ransom were denied.

    The six victims were buried on Tuesday, a state-owned Amharic regional broadcaster said.

    Shortly before Christmas eight youths aged from 10 to 16 had been abducted in the region of Gondar.

    One teenager was able to escape, another was severely injured and is hospitalised, NAN reports.

    The kidnappers had demanded a ransom payment of 120,000 Birr (3,760 dollars).

  • Fleeing kidnappers kill four as police demolish their camps in FCT

    Fleeing kidnappers kill four as police demolish their camps in FCT

    The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Monday, said it has dismantled kidnappers camps and arrested a suspect along Kwali-Kwaita axis of the territory.

    The Deputy Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, ASP Mariam Yusuf disclosed this in a statement in Abuja.

    She said the camps were dismantled during Counter-Kidnapping Operations in furtherance to the command’s efforts to wipe out kidnappers from the FCT, particularly along Kwali-Kwaita axis.

    Yusuf said the operation, using overt/covert means, dismantled the camps and dislodged the kidnappers’ bases prompting them to seek refuge.

    “The fleeing kidnappers, while scampering for safety, entered the highway, shot at an oncoming vehicle and killed four persons along that axis.

    “The swift intervention of Police Operatives led to the immediate arrest of one of the suspected kidnappers while efforts are on top gear to apprehend his cohorts,” she said.

  • Police rescue abducted Lagos corps member after gun battle with kidnappers [Photo]

    Police rescue abducted Lagos corps member after gun battle with kidnappers [Photo]

    The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday rescued a corps member, Faith Onyiwara, who was kidnapped around Ilamija, in the Epe area of Lagos State.

    A statement by the commands Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) said that the Commissioner of Police Lagos State, Hakeem Odumosu coordinated the rescue operation of the Corps member, adding “no ransom was paid”

    The PPRO said Faith was rescued at about 2.20am Tuesday in a swamp forest around Ilamija Nla in Epe after a gun battle.

    According to reports, the youth corps member was abducted on her way to attend her CDS meeting.

    The abductors had demanded a ransom of fifty million naira but later reduced it to four hundred thousand naira.

    Nation gathered that the victim has been taken to hospital for medical attention due to the shock and trauma she experienced but authorities say she is in stable condition.

    However, the kidnappers ring leader Moses Ofeye wasn’t so lucky as he was arrested with gun wounds.

  • Kidnappers free 84-year-old Bayelsa monarch

    The abducted 84-year-old monarch of Tarakiri clan, Southern Ijaw, Bayelsa State, King George Agbabou Week, has regained freedom 25 days after he was kidnapped by unknown gunmen.

    Unidentified gunmen on October 3 abducted the Traditional Ruler, who is the father of the Bayelsa State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Doodei Week, and whisked him away from his country home at Ayama-Ijaw to unknown place.

    The Ebenanaowei of Tarakiri Clan was reportedly kidnapped about 11:20pm by seven masked men, who carried weapons including AK47 rifles.

    The assailants ransacked the palace of the king carting away television sets, jewelry and other valuables.

    They reportedly mishandled the victim as they dragged him on the ground to the waterside, where they fled with him on speedboats.

    But the commissioner, Doodei Week, confirmed that his father was freed by the kidnappers on Sunday.

    Week said: “Finally, my role model, man who thought me things, including courage, fear of God, love, perseverance, respect, humility, how to say no or yes, where it is the right time to say, and above all, prays for me, is back home after 25days of incarceration by adversarial elements”, he said.

    It was learnt that the king regained freedom following weeks of negotiations that resulted in payment of undisclosed ransom.

    When contacted the Police Public Relations Officer, Asimin Butswat, confirmed the freedom of the monarch.

  • [Updated]Troops kill 5 bandits, raid kidnappers’ den, arrest 5 [Photo]

    [Updated]Troops kill 5 bandits, raid kidnappers’ den, arrest 5 [Photo]

    Troops of 342 Artillery Regiment, while acting on credible intelligence raided a suspected kidnappers’ den at Ihie Community in Ohaji/Egbema LGA of Imo State where they arrested two suspects, Umah Kingsley and Miss Chukwu Happiness.

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    A statement from Col. Aminu Iliyasu, Nigerian Army Operations Media coordinator said, items recovered during the operation included 2 empty magazines and a locally fabricated gun.

    “Similarly, following the alleged murder of one Alhaji Tanko of Janda Village in Jema’a LGA of Kaduna State by unknown assailants, troops of 1 Division Garrison deployed within the area swiftly moved into the suspected crime location and arrested 2 suspects, Danladi Bisallah and Manesa Danladi with a locally fabricated rifle and 12 rounds of 7.62mm Special ammunition.

    “Also, in two separate night operations conducted by same troops at Gindin Dutse Village and Rijana Forest of Birnin Gwari and Kachia LGAs of Kaduna State respectively, 5 bandits terrorizing areas were neutralized while 3 locally-made guns were recovered from them.

    “The troops also rescued a 12 years old boy, Rabe Abubakar, who was kidnapped on 21st October 2019 by some bandits at Ruwan Sanyi Village close to Liberia Forest in Kubau LGA of Kaduna State.

    “In the course of rescueing Rabe Abubakar, one bandit was neutralised, one motorcycle belonging to the bandits was recovered while 3 other bandits were believed to have escaped with gunshot wounds.

    “In another development, troops of 1 Brigade Garrison raided suspected kidnappers’ hideout at Dogun Karfe Forest in Bakura LGA of Zamfara State. The troops however recover one AK 47 Rifle, 4 magazines and 80 rounds of 7.62mm Special ammunition which were abandoned by the fleeing suspects.

    “Similarly, troops of 16 Brigade Garrison (Main) raided a suspected kidnappers hideout at Isisiama Village in Akuku –Toru LGA of Rivers State. During the operation, troops arrested one suspect and recovered 3 pairs of military camouflage uniforms, 2 Shell Petroleum Development Corporation (SPDC) Overall Suits, 5 Speed Boats, and 2 Generating sets.

    “Other items recovered included; one pumping machine, one power bank, 4 mobile phones, 117 Voters Cards, one boat engine and one Box Radio.

    “The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai wishes to thank all well-meaning Nigerians for their continued support and goodwill towards the Officers and men of the Nigerian Army. All law abiding citizens are requested to go about their lawful businesses without fear of molestation and intimidation,” the statement said.

  • Police arrest eight ‘most wanted kidnappers’ in Imo

    Police arrest eight ‘most wanted kidnappers’ in Imo

    The Imo State Commissioner of Police Rabiu Ladodo has said that eight of 15 most wanted kidnap suspects in the state have been arrested.

    Ladodo, who disclosed this during an interface with state governor Emeka Ihedioha in Owerri, the state capital, gave the names of some of the arrested suspects as: Ebike Nwadiuko, Henry Iwunze, aka Aboki, Chima Okorie, Collins Iwunze, Bernard Okechukwu and one other Nike also known as South.

    He further said that one of the suspects, Nwadiuko, is also on the wanted list of the Rivers State police command.

    “My command is working on ascertaining the level of damages his activities did in the state before handing him over to Rivers State,” he said.

    Ladodo commended the state governor, Emeka Ihedioha for his proactiveness and commitment in ensuring adequate security in the state, stressing that the introduction of the ‘Operation Iron Gate’ by the government has yielded enormous results.

    He added that with the cooperation and support from the governor and state government, the command made several arrests and reduced crime and criminality in the state.

    He said, “Before the coming of this administration, there were a lot of security challenges ranging from political crisis and crimes but I am telling you authoritatively that Imo is now calm. Ever since Governor Emeka Ihedioha came in, I know the interest and efforts he has put in place towards securing Imo.”

    Meanwhile, in a related development, Ihedioha has said that his administration has recorded impressive achievements in tackling security challenges in the state.

    Ihedioha stated this while receiving in audience the General Officer Commanding, (GOC) 82 Division, Gen. Lasisi Adeboye, and his entourage who were on a familiarisation visit to Government House, Owerri.

    The state governor said that the achievements in the area of security were aided by massive support of the citizens of the state and the healthy collaboration and synergy with various security agencies in the state.

    He assured that his administration would continue to partner and support efforts towards ridding the state of all forms of crimes and criminality.

    “It was a bit challenging after the elections but I think we have now found our rhythm with the collaboration of the joint forces. The Army has been working in consonance with us in tackling security challenges in the state,” he said.