…the abductors numbering about 10, invaded the victim’s house in a Toyota Sienna vehicle and shot heavily into the air A middle-aged man has been allegedly abducted by yet-to-be-identified assailants in Umuchu community in Ekwulobia in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State. The victim, identified as Alexander Nwosu, owner of a petrol station and
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…the convicts were arraigned on three counts of kidnapping, conspiracy and possession of illegal firearms following the abduction of the octogenarian in 2015 Three men have been convicted and sentenced to 14 years imprisonment without an option of fine by a High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, for kidnapping an 83-year-old woman identified as
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‘Four persons also bagged 5 years jail terms with hard Labour for conspiracy to commit felony allegation’ Four persons have bagged life jail terms for kidnapping a traditional ruler in Ondo. The persons who got convicted by an Akure High Court were said to have committed the crime sometimes in 2015. Lucky Smart, Abraham Mike,
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‘Two rescued from being lynched by angry mob for allegedly possessing the corpse of a child in Lagos’ The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of four suspects for allegedly attempting to kidnap a 10-year-old girl in the state. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer(PPRO) Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the development said
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A commercial tricycle operator popularly known as ‘Keke rider’, Joseph Audu, has narrated how his friends lured him with seemingly huge amount of money realized from ransom. The 35 years old Audu said he was given N80,000 out of a N400,000 ransom paid by relations of their victim after their first kidnapping operation in Ore
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The Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule has decried the spate of kidnappings across the state. This is following the kidnap of the state’s Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Yakubu Lawal. Yakubu was kidnapped on Monday night by unknown gunmen. While reacting to the incident on Tuesday at the Government House, Lafia, governor Sule laid
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A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kano on Wednesday ordered that nine men be remanded in a correctional centre over alleged armed robbery and kidnapping. The police charged Umar Abubakar,35; Sani Lawan,30; Hassan Umar,30; Abdulhadi Falalu,25; Yahuza Ibrahim,28; Nasiru Tukur,24; Sani Abdulsalam,34; Lawan Shehu,30, and Ibrahim Sani, 23, with four counts of criminal conspiracy, armed robbery,
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