Tag: Kidnappers
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Kaduna Police Command arrests 2 suspected kidnappers
The Kaduna State Police Command, on Thursday said that it had arrested two suspected kidnappers operating on major highways in the state. The Command’s Public Relation officer, ASP Muktar Aliyu, who made the disclosure in an interview with TheNewsGuru (TNG), said the suspects were arrest on Dec. 17. Aliyu said the operatives of the Intelligence…
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Police rescue two abducted boys, arrest kidnappers in Kebbi
The Police Command in Kebbi said on Thursday that it had rescued two boys from suspected kidnappers who demanded N2.5 million ransom from their parents, resident in the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Kabiru, told journalists in Birnin Kebbi that the boys, aged 10 and 11, were rescued unhurt in Dakinkowa of Kontagora…
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Kidnappers free Senator Arise after payment of N20m ransom
Senator representing Ekiti State, Sylvester Ayodele Arise, who was kidnapped last Sunday, has been freed by his abductors. He was released on Friday at an undisclosed location in Ijumu local government area of Kogi State and left to find his way. He eventually arrived his hometown of Oye Ekiti about 4pm. Arise and his driver…
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Kidnappers release 1 of 6 varsity students abducted in Kwara
A gang of kidnappers struck at Kwara State University Malete in Moro Local Government Area of the state Thursday afternoon and kidnapped six students. Kidnap-syndicate One of the victims, a 200 Level student of the department of Mass Communication at the Kwara State University, (KWASU) Malete, Dorcas Oluwatimilehin Olanrewaju was however lucky as she was…
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Stay away from Ekiti – Fayose warns cultists, kidnappers
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has warned cultists and kidnappers to stay away from the state or risk being arrested and prosecuted. To make good his threat, the governor has given security agencies in the state a marching order to fish out those involved in the killing of two students of the Ekiti State…
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How Navy uncovered hotel used as ‘base of kidnappers, oil vandals’ in Lagos
Policeman, seven other suspects arrested The operatives of the Nigerian Navy (NN) attached to the Operation Awatse in Lagos on Wednesday uncovered a Lagos hotel where Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) was siphoned from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipeline. The operatives led by the AWATSE’s Maritime Component Commanding Officer, Commander Chris Akokota also arrested…
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Investors abandoning their businesses over fear of being kidnapped – Dangote
President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has advised the government to tackle insecurity challenges in the country, particularly kidnapping, stressing that investors are now abandoning their businesses over fear of being kidnapped. Dangote made this revelationn at the ongoing Agric Expo and Conference, organised by Nigeria Agribusiness Group in collaboration with other private and…
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Soldiers storm kidnappers den in Ondo, arrest seven
Men of the 32 Artillery Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Akure, Ondo State, on Wednesday stormed the various bushes in Akoko area of the state and arrested seven suspected kidnappers in their dens. The soldiers were said to have gone after the hoodlums in their dens in Akokoland following the incessant reports of kidnappings, especially…
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Lagos Court remands woman, 11 others over Ikeja “Ile-Zik” kidnappers’ den
Twelve suspected kidnappers including a woman, arrested by the police in connection with a kidnappers’ den at Ile-Zik Bus Stop in Ikeja, were on Friday remanded at Ikoyi Prisons on the orders of a Lagos magistrate. Chief Magistrate Tajudeen Elias said the accused are to remain behind bars pending a legal advice from the State…
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Another suspected kidnappers’ den uncovered, set ablaze in Ikeja, Lagos
Irate mob set ablaze a den suspected to be used by members of an unknown kidnap gang at Ile-Zik, in Ikeja, area of Lagos state. Speaking with journalists at the scene of the incident, a Rapid Response Squad, RRS official who spoke on anonymity grounds said a dead body was also recovered near the hideout.…