Tag: Kidnappers
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Kidnapped Ondo poly lecturer dies in abductors’ den
One of the four victims of the last week’s kidnapping in Ondo State has reportedly died in the custody of the abductors, six days after the abduction. The victim, who is also a lecturer at the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, was identified as Taiwo Akinyemi and reportedly died on Sunday. Four persons, including the deceased,…
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Police kill kidnap suspect, arrest one other in Lagos
The Police in Lagos, on Sunday said they had gunned down a suspected kidnapper and arrested one other during exchange of gunfire with the syndicate. The Lagos Police spokesman, CSP Chike Oti, confirmed the arrest in a statement, stressing that the incident happened at Agbowa area of Ikorodu, a suburb of Lagos State. Oti said…
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DSS arrests IS bomb expert, 10 kidnappers in Adamawa
The Department of State Service (DSS) has arrested an alleged expert producing Improvised Explosive Devices for terrorist group, Islamic State, in West Africa, Abbas Abubakar, in the Toungo Local Government Area of Adamawa State. The DSS said Abubakar, also known as Sambo, was arrested on Monday by operatives, while 10 suspected kidnappers were also arrested…
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JUST IN: Police arrest alleged kidnappers of corps members in Imo
The Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the Imo State Police Command has arrested the alleged kidnappers of five corpers. The victims were kidnapped on the Umuapu axis of the Owerri/Port Harcourt expressway on October 23 on their way to the NYSC orientation camps in Rivers and Akwa Ibom states. Their kidnappers had accosted the vehicles they were…
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Drama in court as kidnappers attack judge after issuing death sentence
A judge of the Akwa Ibom State High Court, Justice Okon Okon, escaped death on Tuesday as some convicts attacked him on the court premises in Uyo for sentencing them to death. It was learnt that as soon as the presiding judge pronounced the death sentence on the kidnappers, the convicts started to abuse him.…
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Breaking: Police arrest, parade vicious, notorious Benue armed gang [Photos]
The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) have arrested and paraded vicious and notorious suspects responsible for selling and supply of AK47 rifles and other firearms and ammunition to armed bandits, militias and criminal herdsmen/farmers in Benue and Taraba states. TheNewsGuru reports the major breakthrough in the arrest of the notorious gang of dealers in prohibited firearms…
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Kidnappers free Otun Olubadan’s twins
The abducted twins of the Otun Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Lekan Balogun, have been freed. A source alleged that their abductors released them after collecting N10 million ransom. The children were kidnapped with their mother last week, but she was pushed out of their vehicle after her SIM card was seized. The children were…
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Police apprehend 4 suspected kidnappers in Kebbi
The Kebbi Police Command has apprehended four suspected kidnappers in Koko-Basse Local Government Area of Kebbi and retrieved N800,000 ransom they collected from their victims. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Mustapha Suleiman, told newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Sunday that they were apprehended by police patrol team along Koko-Basse- Fakai Road…
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750 Cattle rustlers, Kidnappers renounce violence in Kaduna
A total of 750 criminals, including cattle rustlers, bandits and kidnappers have sworn to an oath to abandon their illegal activities in Anchau village, Kubau Local Government area of Kaduna State. 400 of the repentant criminals swore by the Holy Qur’an three weeks ago while another batch of 350 took the oath on Saturday to…
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Kidnappers free wife, son of Nigerian journalist after receiving N2m ransom
The wife and son of a journalist who were kidnapped on Wednesday have been released. The victims were kidnapped when the attackers stormed the Kaduna home of Nasiru Yakubu, a journalist with Voice of America. Recall that a neighbour of Yakubu who tried to stop the kidnappers was killed in the process. Yakubu confirmed the…