No fewer than 30 kidnap victims held hostage in the Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State have been rescued following a joint operation by officers of the state Police Command in collaboration with Miyetti Allah Vigilante Group in the area. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Ramhan Nansel, …
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Zamfara Terrorists Kidnap 44, Five Women Escape
Terrorists have reportedly abducted 44 people in Kanwa village in the Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. An indigene of the area, Garba Idi, said those abducted were mostly women and children. Idi, however, explained that five women managed to escape. He said, “They came to …
Read More »Court hears Evans’ case against police July 13
The Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed July 13 for hearing in a N300m fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike a.k.a. Evans, against the Inspector-General of Police. Evans, through his lawyer, Olukoya Ogungbeje, filed the suit last week urging the court to order the …
Read More »Man kidnaps own father, receives N1 million ransom
A man who worked with others to kidnap his father has been arrested. The suspect was paraded by the Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Odude, along with others on Wednesday. Mr. Odude said that the kidnapping of the suspect’s father took place at Igboora in Ibarapa Central Local …
Read More »Gunmen abduct commissioners’ wives in Nasarawa
Gunmen on Thursday night abducted the two wives of Nasarawa State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Aliyu Tijani, from his residence in Nasarawa town. Nasarawa State Commissioner of Police, Abubakar Sadiq-Bello confirmed the incident on Friday in Lafia in an interview. Sadiq-Bello said the police was on the …
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