kidnappers

Niger Gov, Sani-Bello Signs Law To Hang Bandits

Niger Gov, Sani-Bello Signs Law To Hang Bandits

July 17, 2021 7:19 am

Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani-Bello yesterday signed the death penalty by hanging for cattle rustlers, bandits, kidnappers, and informants into law in the State.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that the Niger State House of Assembly had on July 1, passed into law a bill prescribing death penalty for informants, kidnappers, and cattle rustlers in the State.

Bello said the Kidnapping and cattle rustling special provisions law of 2016 was amended to provide for the punishment of informants and all those involved in the aiding and abetting of kidnapping and cattle rustling in the state.

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Parents Panic as Abductors of Greenfield Students Cut Contact

Parents Panic as Abductors of Greenfield Students Cut Contact

May 16, 2021 1:26 am

Parents of the remaining 16 abducted students of Greenfield University, Kaduna State, have been thrown into further confusion, following the decision of the kidnappers to discontinue further communications with them.

Bandits invaded the school on April 18 and abducted 22 students and staff. They initially demanded ₦800 million Naira for the release of the students. However, to push their demand for ransom, they killed five of the students on two occasions, when negotiations were still ongoing.

Sources said the last time the kidnappers called any of the parents was on April 8, eight days ago, during which they made …

Gunmen Kill FUTA Deputy Registrar, Shoot Driver

Gunmen Kill FUTA Deputy Registrar, Shoot Driver

January 18, 2021 8:25 am

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers, over the weekend killed a Deputy Registrar of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Ondo State, Dr Amos Arijesuyo.

The Deputy Registrar who was returning to Akure from Ibadan, Oyo State capital to Akure, the Ondo State capital was attacked by bandits operating on the Ilesa-Akure highway.

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Arijesuyo, who worked at the Guidance and Counselling unit of the Students Affairs Department of the University, was said to have been attacked alongside his driver and one other unidentified person at Iwaraja Area of Ilesa- Akure …

Three suspected kidnappers burnt to death in Cross River

Three Suspected Kidnappers Burnt To Death In Cross River

October 17, 2020 4:41 pm

Three suspected kidnappers have been burnt to death in Ikot Effio Okon Etim in Akpabuyo local government area of Cross River State.

Although details of the incident were still being expected, Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the incident which saw the suspects burned to death occurred on Saturday morning.

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Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Irene Ugbo in a Press Release titled Jungle Justice and its implications condemned the action of members of the public.

The statement stated, ‘The attention of the Commissioner of Police,

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Kidnappers Kill 65-Year-Old Man To Death After ₦1.2m Ransom

Kidnappers Kill 65-Year-Old Man To Death After ₦1.2m Ransom

August 30, 2020 5:36 am

The Police in Rivers State have arrested four suspected kidnappers who allegedly tortured 65-year-old man to death, despite collecting ₦1.2 million ransom in Port Harcourt.

The Rivers State Police Command paraded the suspects in connection to the death of Mr. Sokari Braide, kidnapped about two weeks ago but died two days after he was released from the kidnappers den due to torture.

SP Nnamdi Omoni, Police spokesman told Journalists on Saturday that the kidnapped victim had made useful revelations in the hospital before giving up the ghost, which led to the arrest of some of his business partners at Elechi …

Kidnappers Kill 65-Year-Old Man To Death After ₦1.2m Ransom

Kidnapped Edo Students Still In Captivity 7 Months After

July 20, 2020 3:31 pm

The families of Faith Ojemire and Faith Esekgabona, female undergraduate students have cried out to security agencies in the country to help secure the release of their daughters from kidnappers.

Ms Ojemire, a student of the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, was reportedly abducted in Edo State by some unknown gunmen on December 8, 2019.

NAN gathered that Ms Ojemire’s family paid the sum of ₦500,000 (five hundred thousand naira) to the abductors as ransom to secure the release of their daughter.

However, despite paying the huge sum, Ojemire’s family are yet to see their daughter 7 months after — as …

Police Parades Suspected Kidnappers Of Islamic Cleric’s Twins

Police Parades Suspected Kidnappers Of Islamic Cleric’s Twins

May 18, 2020 3:39 pm

Oyo State Police Command on Monday paraded no fewer than seven (7) suspected kidnappers who kidnapped twins of an Ibadan-based Islamic cleric, Sheik Taofeek Akewugbagold.

The twins; a male and female were abducted at the residence of the Islamic cleric.

But, the police on Monday said it has arrested seven persons who kidnapped the twins.

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Commissioner of Police, Mr. Shina Olukolu who paraded the suspected kidnappers said that RILDWAN TAIWO, RAFIU MUTIU, OLUMIDE AJALA, FATAI AKANJI, RAFIU MODINAT, BASHIRU MOHAMMED and OPEYEMI OYELEYE were arrested in connection with the kidnap.

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Buhari Orders Airstrikes On Bandits, Kidnappers

January 26, 2020 5:29 pm
President Muhammadu Buhari has received assurances that with the harmattan dust gradually easing its hold on the skies, fighter aircrafts would this week join the efforts to provide effective air attacks against bandits, kidnappers and cattle rustlers that have been attacking remote communities around Dogon Gona forest in Niger State.

In a statement sent to DAILY POST on Sunday by Garba Shehu, the President, described the repeated attacks leading to the loss of several lives in the communities “as a disaster for the nation,”

He had authorized the deployment of air power to support troops and policemen sent to the

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Kidnappers Of Ondo APC Chairman, Ajulo Request ₦10m Ransom

January 7, 2020 1:51 pm

Following the kidnap of a chieftain of the Ondo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, James Tolorunju Ajulo on Sunday, his abductors have demanded the sum of N10 million ransom for his release.

The gunmen were said to have contacted the family of the victim some hours after his kidnap from his Akungba-Akoko residence in Ondo State.

NAN had reported how Ajulo, a factional ward chairman of the APC in Akoko South-West Local Government Area of Ondo State was seized from his Ibaka residence area of the town
after an outing.

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After 8 Days In Kidnappers Nest, Adamawa DPO Finally Free

December 2, 2019 9:31 am
The Divisional Police Officer in charge of Mubi, Mujeli Ahidjo, has been released after spending eight days in kidnappers nest, The Sun gathered.
A family sources told Daily Sun that the, ”Released DPO is presently in Mubi receiving well wishers and friends.”
The source has however declined divulging how much was paid in ransom for the DPO but offered to say, “A huge sum of  money was paid to the kidnappers before he was released.”
The Adamawa state police command had earlier issued a statement through its spokesman, Suleiman Nguroje, that the Operation Puff Ader and Operation Farauta is making
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