Tag: Kidnappers
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INSECURITY! Seven bodies of abducted travellers recovered in Taraba forest –Police
The Taraba State Police Command has confirmed the discovery of seven travellers’ bodies amidst the dense foliage of a forest. This revelation comes in the wake of an attack on an 18-seater bus, which was targeted in an ambush at Gamkwe village within the Donga Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday. Loaded with…
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Lawyer killed after delivering ransom to kidnappers in Kogi state
Barr Eli Ugwu a senior lawyer based in Enugu has been shot dead. Findings show that the legal practitioner was shot dead in Kogi State shortly after delivering ransom to kidnappers who abducted his cousin.
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Kidnappers used poisonous snakes to terrorise us – Victims
Abducted victims recently freed from captivity have revealed that kidnappers used poisonous snakes to terrorise them. Some of them, who recounted their ordeals in separate interviews with NAN, said that there were many snakes in the forests inhabitated by the bandits.
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How Police traced Abuja kidnapping gang to Mpape Hills, silenced Kingpin, others
…destroy dens The Nigeria Police Force said on Saturday that it neutralised some notorious kidnappers and destroyed their camps in Mpape, Municipal Area Council, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. A statement by the Force spokesman, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, gave the name of the notorious kingpin neutralised as Musa Wada (Sabo) Magaji. According to the statement,…
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INSECURITY! Bandits vow to marry Bride, auction 62 wedding guests in Katsina
Bandits operating in the Katsina State region of Nigeria have released a video threatening to marry off an abducted bride and auction her wedding guests. Recall the bandits abducted the bride and women accompanying her to her matrimonial home at Damari, Sabuwa Local Government Area of the state. last Thursday. In a viral video circulating…
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Kidnappers hijack passengers aboard two buses on their way to Abuja
Two buses conveying passengers travelling from the Eastern part of the country to Abuja have been highjacked and passengers abducted in Inele-Eteke Ogugu new road in Kogi east Senatorial district. The two buses belonging to God Is Good (GIG) transport and Logistics company and the ABC transport company were highjacked while heading to Abuja by…
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Police arrest suspected kidnappers 24 hours after killing of 2 Ekiti monarchs
Ekiti State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of five suspected kidnappers, 24 hours after the killing of two traditional rulers in the state. However, the Police Public Relations Office stated that it could not confirm whether the kidnappers
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Breaking! Again, kidnappers invade popular Abuja estate(Video)
Kidnappers have reportedly invaded River Park estate in Lugbe, as security operatives move in to rescue abductees In a video clip captured by a resident of River Park estate, men of the Nigerian Police Force were seen hurriedly rushing into the estate. Watch: View this post on Instagram A post shared by TheNewsGuru.com…
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Large scale abductions: Wike holds emergency meeting in Abuja
Apparently disturbed by the large scale abductions in the capital city, the Federal Capital Territory FCT Minister, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, has summoned an emergency security meeting in the wake of the increasing wave of kidnapping by bandits in Bwari Area Council and some other parts of the territory. At the opening session, Wike assured residents…
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INSECURITY in Abuja: Lawyer narrates how kidnappers kitted in military camouflage abducted his wife, children
As insecurity continues to mount the centre stage in Abuja, a Nigerian lawyer, Oladosu Folorunso Ariyo, has narrated how kidnappers in military camouflage abducted his wife, their four children and later killed his 13-year-old daughter over failure to pay N60m ransom. Mr. Ariyo, an alumnus of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA) and indigene of Ekiti…