The Amotekun Corp of the Ondo State Security Network Agency has nabbed a suspected kidnapper in the state. Samuel Lucky Akpan, the suspect, is accused of kidnapping a four-year-old boy in Akure, the state capital. While arraigning Akpan, the state Commander of Amotekun, Adetunji Adeleye, said that he confessed to the crime and that he planned to sell the youngster for N200,000. He claimed he was a family friend, and the youngster came from his mother’s shop to play with him. The Commander of the security agency also paraded 17 other suspected criminals arrested in various…
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Two alleged kidnappers were apprehended by police in Ogun State while attempting to collect ransom. Muhammed Abubakar and Clinton Niche were named as suspects in a statement released by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi. They were alleged to have been detained after Stephen Ajibili reported his seven-year-old kid was taken by unknown men as he was despatched on an errand to the Agbara Area Command. The abductors allegedly called the victim’s father and wanted one million naira in exchange for his son’s release. “Consequent upon the report, the acting Area Commander Agbara, CSP Kayode Shedrack, quickly mobilised his…
Alhaji Abubakar Muazu Magarya, the father of Hon. Nasiru Magarya, the Speaker of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, is said to have died in captivity at the bandits’ hideout. Bandits kidnapped the Speaker’s father, who was the District Head of Magarya village, together with his wife, a three-week-old…
Gunmen have abducted the former Senator representing Eket Senatorial District of Akwa Ibom State, Nelson Effiong in Uyo, Akwa Ibom…
Gunmen have kidnapped the wife of a former councillor Hassana Saudaki and her eight-month-old baby in Zamfara State. Her husband…
Gunmen have abducted a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Aminu Bobi in Mariga Local Government Area of the…
Armed bandits have attacked a General Hospital within the Dansadau community in the Maru local government area of Zamfara State.…
Police authorities have condemned the claim that a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) was arrested by security operatives for his alleged…
The Ogun State police command has arrested a suspect for kidnapping a military officer and stripping him off his uniform…
Officials of the Nigerian Immigration Service have rescued a 12-year-old kidnapped victim in Kwara State. It was gathered that the…
Gunmen have abducted the wife of the former chairman of Kaugama Local Government Area, Alhaji Ahmed Yahaya Marke. The gunmen…
The abducted provost of College of Agriculture and Animal Science Bakura, Mr Habibu Mainasara, has regained his freedom. Mr Mainasara’s…
The Police Command in Osun on Tuesday announced that it had rescued four commuters; all of whom were reportedly kidnapped…
Kidnappers responsible for 121 missing students from Bethel Baptist School in Maraban Rido, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State,…
Armed bandits had stormed the Bethel Baptist School in Maraban Rido, Kaduna State, in the early hours of Monday, overcoming…
It was another bad day for some criminal elements operating in Kogi State as two kidnappers were gunned down in…
Police authorities say they have launched a manhunt for abductors of a monarch in Ekiti State. Force spokesperson in the…
One bandit has been killed and eleven suspects arrested in connection with banditry, kidnapping, cattle rustling, and rape in Katsina…
The Ekiti State police command have arrested a 16-year-old girl, Abimbola Suluka alongside her boyfriend, Oluwaseun Olajide for alleged conspiracy…
One of the abducted students of Federal Government College Birnin Yauri in Kebbi State has died. However, five others, comprising…