The lawmaker representing Katsina-Ala East state constituency in the Benue State House of Assembly, Jonathan Agbidye has been remanded in prison over an alleged criminal conspiracy and kidnapping. Agbidye and one Denen Zuamo of Katsina-Ala town who he was remanded in prison with after being arraigned before a Makurdi Chief Magistrate Court on Friday August … Read more
Hassana, the wife of former Edo Speaker, Zakawanu Garuba, who was abducted along the Lokoja-Abuja highway on Saturday, has been released. Ekohotblog reported that in the earlier hours of Saturday, July 18, 2020, the speaker’s wife was headed to her husband’s burial in Auchi alongside her three children, and late husband’s mother when some kidnappers … Read more
Gunmen kill immigration officer, Salisu Usman and his sister before kidnapping his wife in Nasarawa. It was reported that the immigration officer and sister were allegedly killed before the gunmen made away with his wife. The incident happened at Gudi, the ancestral home town of Nasarawa Governor Abdullahi Sule, in Akwanga local government in operation … Read more
The Taraba Police Command has confirmed the kidnap of a former Senator, Zik Sunday by gunmen. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Sunday represented Taraba North Senatorial District from 2003 to 2007. DSP David Misal, the Command Public Relations Officer (PPRO) confirmed the incident on Monday in Jalingo while briefing newsmen. Read Also: … Read more
The Police in Isiokolo Divisional Headquarters have discovered the decomposing corpse of a seven-year old-girl, Ebruvwiyor Lina, who suddenly disappeared from their residence in a shallow grave at Isiokolo community in Ethiope-East Local Government Area of Delta State. The Police have also exhumed the corpse and deposited same at the morgue. It was learnt that … Read more
The Abuja state Police Department on Monday pleaded with the public to help unite three abducted children with their parents. The children comprising two girls and one boy have reportedly been stolen from their families since last year. READ ALSO: Ogun Police Command Advises Owners of lost VehiclesTo Report At Station For Claims Force spokesman … Read more
– The police have arrested three suspected kidnappers in Abia – The officers nabbed them along the busy Enugu-Aba-Port Harcourt Expressway, – The three suspects were said to have made confessional statements of being behind a series of kidnappings in the state The suspected members of a notorious kidnap gang have been arrested in Abia State, … Read more
An alleged kidnap kingpin, Bello Abdul, 40, alias Yellow, has confessed to murdering over ten persons and abducting more than 50 victims on the notorious Abuja-Kaduna highway. He spoke after he was arrested on Tuesday evening by operatives of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT). Yellow was arrested at his hideout in Niger State by … Read more
The Nigerian police force says it has arrested Two Thousand, One Hundred and Seventy-Five (2,175) suspects for the following offences: Kidnapping – Eight Hundred and Fifty Two (852) Armed Robbery – Eight Hundred and Sixty Five (865), Murder – Three Hundred and Fifty Nine (359) and Cultism – Ninety Nine (99). IGP Mohammed Adamu … Read more
The Adamawa police command disclosed it has arrested 42 suspects in connection with kidnapping and armed robbery incidents in various parts of the state. Presenting the suspects to newsmen, on Friday in Yola, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Audu Madaki, said 31 of them were arrested for alleged kidnapping while 11 were for armed robbery. … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, expressed concern over the current insecurity bedeviling the nation, saying kidnapping has now become an occupation as well as industry for the youths. Buhari, who was represented by Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, during the flag-off of distribution of cotton seeds and inputs to 100,000 cotton farmers … Read more