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Breaking: Boko Haram Kills CAN Official Abducted In Adamawa

January 21, 2020 9:58 am

Boko Haram insurgents have killed Lawan Andimi, chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Michika local government area of Adamawa state.

 

Andimi was abducted early January when the insurgents attacked his village.

 

A source who confirmed the incident to TheCable said Andimi was killed by his captors on Monday.

 

Days after his abduction, the clergyman, in a video clip, asked Ahmadu Fintiri, governor of Adamawa, to rescue him.

 

“I have never been discouraged, because all conditions that one finds himself …is in the hand of God. God who made them to take care of …

Kaduna Police Debunks Report Of 100 Abducted In Kaduna

January 19, 2020 5:38 pm
The Kaduna Police Command has debunked the story being circulated by The Premium Times that 30 people were killed and 100 abducted when bandits attacked an emir.

The Nigeria Police Kaduna State Command refuted the claims in a statement signed by its Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Yakubu Abubakar Sabo, made available on Sunday January 19, 2020.

“The attention of the Kaduna State Police Command has been drawn to a story that was published on The Premium Times Newspaper of today 19th January, 2020 and is being circulated on Social Media captioned “Bandit Attack: Buhari sympathises with Emir but

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Abducted Cross River NLC Chairman Regains Freedom

December 23, 2019 9:31 am

The Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Cross River chapter, Mr Ben Ukpepi, has regained freedom from his abductors, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

Ukpepi, who was released on Sunday evening after being in captivity for six days, was kidnapped in his residence in Akpabuyo local government area of Cross River, near Calabar.

Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Irene Ugbo, confirmed the release of the NLC chairman in a telephone interview with NAN on Monday in Calabar.

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Ugo told NAN that the Chairman was released …

Police Comb Creeks For Abducted Cross River NLC Chairman

December 19, 2019 10:11 am

The police in Cross River State have begun a manhunt for the kidnappers of the state Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Ben Ukpepi, who was abducted from his residence on Tuesday.

The police said they were combing the creeks to rescue Ukpepi, who was whisked away from his CROSPIL Estate residence in the Akpabuyo Local Government Area of the state around 8pm.

Read Also: District Head Kidnapped In Kaduna

The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Irene Ugbo, told our correspondent on Wednesday that the police were already combing the creeks to rescue Ukpepi.

“Our men moved to the

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Nigerian Army Abducted Three Biafrans Yesterday – Kanu

December 9, 2019 5:25 am

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, via his verified Facebook page cried out on the alleged abduction of three Biafran citizens yesterday night in Abia State.

 

“Before Aso Rock commence their usual denial and counter accusation through Channels Television, I wish to place it on record that @HQNigerianArmy last night abducted three Biafrans (Kelvin Odionyenfe Nduka, Nnamdi Obi and Chinemerem Onuorah) in full view of the public at MCC Junction in Aba Abia State and taken to an undisclosed location for possible summary execution as is their routine.”

Read Also: Nnamdi Kanu Postpones Saturday Radio

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Justice Nwosu-Iheme: How ‘Uniformed Policemen’ Abducted Me

November 21, 2019 4:15 pm
  • Says her abduction not pre-planned
  •  ‘Madam justice, you have broken the internet, we thank God for providing you for us’, her abductors told her

Appeal Court Justice Chioma Nwosu-Iheme, who was abducted in Benin City last month and recently regained her freedom after about 14 days in captivity, has narrated how six “uniformed policemen”, who parked their Hilux vehicle on bad stretch of a road in Benin City, abducted her and killed her police orderly, according to a report in The Source Magazine.

Justice Chioma Nwosu-Iheme was abducted on October 30, 2019 at about 11.30am in Benin City. Her security …

Kogi Election: INEC Official Abducted In Lokoja

November 16, 2019 12:30 pm

An unidentified official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been abducted in SUBEB polling unit in Lokoja.

The abduction occured after gunmen shot sporadically into the air while voting was going on.

It was gathered voters scampered for safety before the gunmen went away with the official.

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Meanwhile, voting has ended at Bishop Crowther LGEA Primary School Lokoja.

Sorting of votes and counting of ballots will commence by 2pm.

 

VANGUARD NG…

Police Rescue Abducted ACP, Arrest Two Suspects

Police Rescue Abducted ACP, Arrest Two Suspects

October 21, 2019 2:16 am
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF)  on Sunday’s night announced that it has rescued abducted an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Musa Rabo who was kidnapped over the weekend. 
According to the post on  Twitter handle of the force @Police NG at 11:05 pm on Sunday night, Rabo was rescued on unhurt.

The post read:” Musa Rabo abducted over the weekend was today 20th October 2019 rescued unhurt”. The officer was successfully rescued this evening by a combined team of Police operatives from Kaduna, Niger and Zone 7 Command Headquarters Abuja, backed-up by members of the elite Special Forces of the
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Abducted Kaduna School Principal Regains His Freedom

Abducted Kaduna School Principal Regains His Freedom

October 17, 2019 4:08 pm

The principal of Government Technical Secondary School located at Maraban Kajuru, Kajuru local government area of Kaduna, Mr. Francis Maji, abducted seven days ago, has been set free by his abductors.

Maji was abducted by gunmen on October 10, when gunmen invaded his residence in the school.

Family sources said he was released on Wednesday night after the payment of an undisclosed sum of money as ransom.

“We thank God that he is back home safely. He was released yesterday (Wednesday night) after the payment of ransom. This is the second time this is happening to the family. About two …

Troops Rescue Four More Abducted Students In Kaduna

Troops Rescue Four More Abducted Students In Kaduna

October 15, 2019 5:48 am

Troops of Operation Thunder Strike have rescued the remaining four students of Government Day Secondary School Gwagwada in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, who were abducted on their way to school on Oct. 10.

The Deputy Director Army Public Relations Officer,1 Division Nigerian Army Kaduna, Col Ezindu Idimah told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday night that the students have been handed over to their joyful parents at Gurmi village.

NAN recalls that bandits terrorizing Kaduna/Abuja highway on October 10, abducted 10 students of the school while on their way to school.

However, the quick intervention …

500 Christians abducted, ₦300m ransom paid in Kaduna - CAN

500 Christians abducted, ₦300m ransom paid in Kaduna – CAN

August 10, 2019 12:26 am

Kaduna State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has said that the Church lost ₦300 million as a ransom for 500 kidnapped Christians in the state in the past two years.

It urged the Federal Government to immediately wade into the increasing level of kidnapping in the state.

The chairman, Rev. Joseph Hayab, warned against the activities of armed bandits and Fulani herdsmen in the state who have turned kidnapping and other acts of criminality to a business venture.

“We have been computing the number of Christians kidnapped in Kaduna State in the last two years. Over 500 …

Mobile money agent rapes co-worker to death in Ogun

How I was abducted, raped in Rivers, by senior lecturer

May 10, 2019 5:57 pm

A female senior lecturer (name withheld) in one of the tertiary institutions in Rivers State has given graphic details of her ordeals in the hands of kidnappers.

She recounted how she was raped in the forest of Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers and miraculously escaped from the kidnappers’ den.

Amid tears, she told her horrific story on Friday at the 6 Division of Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt shortly after the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Aminu Iliyasu, handed over the three men who confessed to have kidnapped her to SARS.

The victim, who was accompanied by her husband …

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