‘The kidnappers, numbering 8, gained entry to the farm to kidnap the owner, but had to engage the NSCDC officers in a gun battle’ The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps(NSCDC) says it has foiled an attempt by some gunmen to abduct a foreigner on a farm in Ibadan, Oyo State. The security agents reportedly
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‘The former member representing Dass Constituency, Musa Baraza, was attacked and killed on 14th August 2020 by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers’ Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed the eldest son of a member of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Bala Ali. Bala Ali is the member representing Dass Constituency, at the state
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The Enugu State Police Command says its operatives have rescued 12 kidnap victims in Ekwegbe-Agu, Neke-Uno, and Okpatu communities in Enugu East, Igbo-Etiti and Udi local government areas of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the state command, Daniel Ndukwe revealed this in a press statement. Ndukwe said that two of the
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A 30-year-old suspected cultist, Onyeka Ozoh has been arrested by Police operatives from the Issele-Uku Division in Delta State. The Police also recovered a red coloured Toyota Camry without a registration number from the suspect who was said to be hiding in the community. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe confirmed the
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Operatives of the Delta Police Command led by the Divisional Police Officer, DPO in Agbarho Division in Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state have rescued a kidnapped victim. THE DAILY VENDOR learnt that the gallant officers also recovered fifty (50) rounds of live cartridges from the crime scene. According to the police, the
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Operatives of Gombe State Police Command have arrested Mohammed Aminu, resident of Tudun Wada quarters, Gombe and Salisu Sa’idu, while attempting to collect their balance of N300,000 ransom from the victim’s family. The Public Relations Officer,(PPRO) Gombe State Command, Mahid Abubakar(ASP) revealed this while parading the suspects. He said that the arrest was effected after
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Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday sentenced kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, also known as Evans, and his co-defendant, Victor Aduba, to 21 years imprisonment for kidnapping one Sylvanus Hafia. They were accused of conspiring and kidnapping Sylvanus Ahanonu Hafia at about 5:30 pm on June 23, 2014, at Kara Street,
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Pa Muftau Lawal the father of the Osun State House of Assembly Minority Leader, Adewunmi Kofoworola Babajide, has narrated how he was almost used for ritual by his abductors. Pa Lawal, who was abducted in front of his house at Ede over a month ago, recounted his ordeal in the hands of his kidnappers. The
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The kidnapped traditional ruler of Isiala Umudi in the Nkwerre Local Government Area of Imo State, Joel Nwankwo, has escaped from his abductors. According to a source close to the monarch, he escaped from Okwu forest in the Ikeduru LGA of the state where he was taken to by his abductors. The source revealed that
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Abductors of a prominent traditional ruler in Imo State, Eze Joel Ndenkwo, have slammed a N200m ransom as the condition for his release. The kidnappers made the demand on Sunday, two days after the monarch cum businessman was abducted in front of his office at the ever-busy Tetlow Road in Owerri, the state capital, around 7pm
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The abductors of a prominent traditional ruler in Imo State, Eze Jewel Ndenkwo are yet to establish any form of contact with his family. THE DAILY VENDOR reported that gunmen suspected to be kidnappers abducted the prominent monarch on Friday. He was kidnapped in front of one of his companies in Owerri, the state capital.
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A wanted kidnap ring leader in Imo state, Amarachi Amadi, popularly known as Ishiegburumma has been arrested by operatives of state Police Command. Disclosing this in a statement on Saturday, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Micheal Abattam, stated that the suspect was arrested in a forest in Ohuba in the Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area
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The sport utility vehicle (SUV) belonging to the abducted Principal of Madonna Community Secondary School in the Oruk Anam Local Government Area Akwa Ibom State, Mr Monday Ekoriko has been recovered by the Police. This development came as the kidnappers contacted the victim’s family, demanding N50m ransom. THE DAILY VENDOR had reported that the Principal
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The Ogun State Government has announced that a 17-year-old kidnap victim, Ireoluwa Akinlaja, has escaped from captivity in Ikorodu, Lagos State. Akinlaja, a student of the Redeemers University in Osun State, was said to have been abducted last week, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Sources claimed that Akinlaja was on his way to join his parents
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The parents of the seventeen abducted Greenfield University, Kaduna students has begged the kidnappers to spare the lives of their wards. The parents lamented that after raising and paying N55 million to the kidnappers, the abductors should respect the agreement to free the children. The kidnappers on Monday however issued Tuesday as ultimatum for the
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