Police in Anambra State said they have arrested member of a kidnap gang who extorted sum of N4.5m as ransom from victim’s family before his release in Anam, Anambra West Local Government Area of Anambra State. Spokesperson, Tochukwu Ikenga on Saturday said the suspect confessed being member of the gang, adding that his arrest led
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The vigilante commander of Ojoto community in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State and two others have been arrested over alleged abduction and murder of a tricycle operator, Christian Onah. The deceased, 25, from Ovoko community in Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area of Enugu State but resident in Oba, Idemili South Local Government
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A suspected kidnapper was on Wednesday set ablaze by irate mob in Ezi-Ogidi in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The deceased, together with his gang were said to have abducted a woman after attacking and robbing occupants of an apartment within the area. Neighbours reportedly intercepted the vehicle the suspects operated with
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…no Catholic priest was kidnapped in the State – Police A yet-to-be identified man suspected to be a clergyman has been kidnapped by hoodlums at Nnobi roundabout in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State. The victim, said to be driving in a Lexus FX 300 jeep with Anambra State plate number, was reportedly heading towards
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…the Nollywood star, Osita Iheme’s brother was shot while allegedly on transit to an APC campaign rally Unknown Gunmen said to be enforcing the December 9 sit-at-home order have killed four persons at two locations on Owerri-Okigwe Road in Imo State. The gunmen also kidnapped two expatriates supervising the ongoing construction of the phase II
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…the kidnap kingpin has been at large since 2015 A member of a notorious kidnap gang identified as Mathew Edozieuno Nwankwo has been arrested in Nteje, Oyi local government area of Anambra State. The kidnap kingpin who has been at large since 2015 had been terrorizing the state during the regime of former Governor Willie
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…investigation reveals that the suspects are fellow BDC operators in the same business district Six suspects have been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for kidnapping the eight-year-old child of a Bureau De Change, BDC, operator in the state. Confirming the development in a tweet on Monday, the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP
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…accuses tricycle operator of having a hand in grandson’s abduction Wednesday, January 30, 2019 would remain a dark day in the heart of Mrs. Ngozi Okonkwo, a grandmother whose 7-yr-old grandson, Tukwasichukwuobi Okonkwo was kidnapped on that same day with his 6-yr-old female nursery three class mate, Chinenye Amaife. Okonkwo’s nightmare, according to her, is
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…suspected bandits, a few days ago, attacked and kidnapped a businessman in the same Area Bandits have reportedly opened fire on residents of Katsina, killing two persons, and abducting three others. The incident sources claimed happened on Sunday. A resident in the area who pleaded for anonymity said the bandits were operating from the forest
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‘On getting to the station, the two arrested suspects made a shocking revelation that the so-called victim was the person who planned with them to kidnap him’ A 23-year-old man, Edward Okache has been arrested by operatives of Ogun State Police Command for faking his own kidnap. THE DAILY VENDOR learnt that after faking a
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‘In a text message, the employees directed their former employer to pay the sum of N5m into a bank account they sent to him or risk being kidnapped’ Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested three men for allegedly attempting to kidnap their former employer, Ifenuga Olayinka after sacking them in the Ijebu-Ode
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‘It happened opposite the farm settlement. There is a big poultry farm there. So the manager came there to inspect the work’ A farm manager (name withheld), alongside his girlfriend and two other workers, was kidnapped at a farm settlement in Iseyin, Iseyin Local Government Area of Oyo State. It would be recalled that similar
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The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested a 40-year-old woman, Mrs Joy Sunday for conspiracy over the kidnap of her husband, THE DAILY VENDOR learnt that Joy on Friday opened up on why she masterminded her partner’s abduction. She said she involved herself in the act because her husband had starved her of sex
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No fewer than 42 persons including women were kidnapped by Bandits on Saturday in an attack in Gobirawar Cali village, in the Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Malam Abdullahi, an indigene of the village said on Saturday after one AK-47 rifle was seized from a suspected bandit who entered the village for a
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A three – member gang has reportedly raped a 24 – year -old kidnapped woman in Anambra State and collected N 400 ,000 from her relations as ransom . The victim , who was unemployed, was said to have been lured by the gang under the pretext of offering her a job . While in
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