Tag: Ransom
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Diri rules out payment of ransom for kidnapped Bayelsa commissioner
Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa has ruled out the payment of ransom to secure the release of the Commissioner for Trade and Investment, Mr Federal Otokito. Otokito was kidnapped on Thursday at his country home, Otuokpoti in Ogbia Local Government Area of the state. A statement by Diri’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Daniel Alabrah, on…
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Bandits kill pastor after receiving ransom; abduct woman, four children in Kaduna
Bandits have killed one Pastor
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Gunmen kidnap eight in Ekiti, demand N50m ransom
Eight people were allegedly kidnapped on Tuesday at Itapaji Ekiti, in the Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti State. This is coming a week after four persons were kidnapped in Ayebode-Ekiti, in the same local government. The kidnappers were said to have demanded N50 million ransom from the family of the victims on Wednesday, 27th…
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Why bandits now release kidnap victims without collecting ransom – Zamfara Government official
The Deputy Chairman of Zamfara State Committee on finding a lasting solution to Armed Banditry, Dr. Abdullahi Shinkafi, says bandits no longer have food
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Kidnappers bursted while collecting ransom in Ogun
The police authorities in Ogun State have arrested two suspected kidnappers while they were trying to collect ransom.
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Bandits write Sokoto monarch, demand N20m ransom for 20 abducted villagers
Suspected bandits operating in the Eastern Senatorial District of Sokoto state have allegedly written a letter to a monarch in Burkusuma demanding for ransom to secure the release of 20 persons kidnapped from two communities in Sabon Birni Local Government Area.
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Kidnapping: Reps to probe NYSC over handbook advising corps members to pay ransom when abducted
The House of Representatives on Tuesday mandated the committee on youth development to investigate item 65(e ) of the National Youth Service Corps
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After initial denials, NYSC admits publication asking corps members to be friendly with, pay ransom to kidnappers in dangerous zones
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have admitted after initial rebuttals that copies of its pamphlets containing security tips for staff and corps members contain a clause that advises corps members to prepare for ransom payment when and if abducted. The scheme explained that it discovered that there different versions of the pamphlet are in…
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Niger State senator clears air on alleged N110m ransom payment to bandits
No ransom was paid to secure the release of the abducted students of the Islamic seminary in Niger State. This is according to the lawmaker representing Niger East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Mohammed Musa. Gunmen had on May 30 stormed their school in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State and whisked…
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Police arrest pastor after church service for allegedly collecting ransom for kidnappers
A 45-year-old pastor, Ndifreke Udo Amos, has been arrested by operatives of the FIB Intelligence Response Team (FIB-IRT) for allegedly helping a kidnap gang in the abduction of an 80-year-old man, Pa Anthony Ugbuzor Idornigie. The octogenarian victim was said to be sitting in his house at No 7, Garage Street, Itoki, Lagos on November…