In a successful operation on Monday, police in Benue State rescued ten kidnapped victims, among them Dr Etito Obadiah, a medical doctor. The Commissioner of Police, Okoro Julius, paraded eight suspects believed to be connected to the incidents. According to Commissioner Julius, three suspects were arrested in relation to …
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The Commissioner of Police, Ekiti State Command, Dare Ogundare, on Friday paraded 16 suspects arrested for various criminal activities including four men who were nabbed allegedly for kidnapping activities in the Oke Ako area of the state and parts of Kwara State. Ogundare, who assured that the command under him …
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A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Okey Wali, SAN, has finally joined his family after regaining freedom from the den of kidnappers. The 26th president of the NBA was kidnapped and held hostage for 14 days following a violent attack on his convoy along East-West Road, …
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Armed men suspected to be kidnappers have attacked the Christian Pentecostal Church in Akenawe -Tswarev community, Logo Local Government Area of Benue State, killing one worshipper while the resident pastor and three others were whisked away. Newsextra24 gathered that the attack was carried out by the assailants during a vigil …
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A 32-year-old woman and her child have been abducted at the Otaefun/Kobo’ngbogboe Area of Osogbo. The incident as confirmed by the Osun Police Command happened on Tuesday. Police spokesperson in Osun, SP Yemisi Opalola, said a report of the abduction was made to the police and that machinery had been …
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Three family members of kidnapped Osun farmers, who went to deliver the ransom for their release, have been detained by the kidnappers, IGBERETV reports. The victims, Samuel Oladotun and Tobiloba Fashola, were abducted while returning from the farm at the Oke-Osun area in Ileogbo, headquarters of Ayedire local government on …
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Weeks after he was kidnapped from his palace, the traditional ruler of Oso-Ajowa in Ajowa-Akoko, Akoko North West Local Council Area of Ondo State, Oba Clement Jimoh Omoola, is yet to get over the shock. While describing the experience in the den of the kidnappers as horrific, Oba Omoola stated …
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Three persons comprising two teachers and a nurse abducted along Irele-Oke Ako Road in the Ajoni Local Council Development Area on Monday regained their freedom from the kidnappers on Wednesday evening after payment of ransom. Sources at Oke Ako said that the principal of a secondary school in the area, …
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An undergraduate of the Lagos State Polytechnic, Marvelous Omobobola, who was abducted by a kidnap syndicate in the state, has been released after his family members paid N200,000 ransom. Newsextra24 gathered that Omobobola went to school on Saturday to sign a SIWES form. After he was done, the undergraduate boarded a …
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One of six members of a kidnapping syndicate has recounted how the syndicate got to its target businessman, Abubakar Bashar, by using information from the boy who herds his cow for him. The syndicate member, Bello Abdullahi, spoke to newsmen on Monday in the Adamawa State capital, Yola, where he …
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