Tag: Kidnappers
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Baby rescued inside kidnappers den in Ijaiye, Lagos
Residents of Ijaiye, Ahmadiyya and Abule-Egba areas of Lagos State are yet to overcome the shock of the ritualists’ den, discovered right under their noses, in the early hours of yesterday. The den, located beside the main road at the popular Obadeyi bus-stop, Ijaiye, was exposed by a female sweeper who heard the horrific cry…
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Mob discover Kidnappers’ den in Lagos, set suspect ablaze
There was confusion at Obadeyi Ajala, Ijaiye end of the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway following the discovery of a suspected kidnappers’ den around a canal in the area. The crowd laid siege at the hideouts around 7 am after a highway sweeper with the Lagos State Waste Management Agency raised the alarm. An abandoned house near the…
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Kidnappers demand N20m to free abducted Ikeja Council Clerk
Kidnappers of the Clerk of the Ikeja Local Government House, Shamsideen Omotayo, on Wednesday reached out to his colleagues and families few hours after his abduction to demand a N20 million ransom. TheNewsGuru.com reports that Omotayo was whisked away by his kidnappers at Imota, Ikorodu, on Wednesday on his way to work. It was gathered…
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In photos: Police parade 5 suspected kidnappers of Gov. Yahaya Bello’s mother
Nigeria Police Force on Tuesday said it had arrested five suspects in connection with the kidnapping of Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello’s mother. Hajia Hawawu Bello, 80, mother of Gov. Bello, the then Managing Director of Fair Plus Transport Services, was kidnapped in Uvete, Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi, on May 29 2014. The…
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Police kill two kidnappers during ransom negotiation
Police have smashed a four-man armed kidnap syndicate terrorising Aba and its environs. Police detectives attached to Omoba Division got the upper hand on the syndicate on Wednesday at Ovungwu, Isiala-Ngwa South Local Government Area of Abia State. The syndicate had on July 18, 2017, in Osisioma Ngwa abducted a man identified as Onyemaechi Mbamaonyeukwu…
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Police rescue victim, arrest 9 suspected kidnappers in Kogi
Kogi State Police Command said on Monday that it had arrested nine suspected kidnappers and rescued a victim, Pastor Oliver Clement. Its Public Relations Officer, Mr William Aya, said in a statement in Lokoja that the suspects were rounded up at their various hideouts in Okene, Ankpa, Lokoja and other parts of the state. He…
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Kidnappers abduct, kill Permanent Secretary in Osun
The Osun Head of Service, Mr Sunday Owoeye, on Friday confirmed the abduction and killing of the Permanent Secretary, Bureau of General Services, Office of the Governor, Mrs Olufunke Oluwakemi Kolawole. Owoeye, who confirmed the killing in a statement in Osogbo, said the killing of the permanent was a rude shock. It was gathered that…
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Just in: Suspected kidnappers of Lagos pupils, teachers arraigned
Federal Government on Tuesday arraigned five men accused of kidnapping some pupils and members of staff of a school in Isheri, Ogun State, on January 13, 2017, and another six victims along the Ikorodu Expressway, Lagos, on December 16, 2016. The Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation had, on June 1, 2017, charged the…
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Kidnappers murder abducted Ondo APC chieftain, Olumide Odimayo
Suspected kidnappers have allegedly killed a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, Hon.Olumide Odimayo who was abducted last Thursday. Odimayo was kidnapped by unknown gunmen at his country home in Igbotu, Ese Odo local government. Local vigilante found the remains of the APC chieftain at Ogolo River between Sabomi and Igbotu,…
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Police arrest 2 suspected kidnappers of imam in Kogi
The Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), has arrested two suspected kidnappers, whose gang have been allegedly terrorising Kogi and its environs, the Commander, ACP Abba Kyari, has said. Kyari, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Monday. Kyari said that following the Kidnapping of Alhaji Jibrin Idris,…