Tag: Kidnap Victims

Benue: Police confirm release of 20 kidnapped medical students

Aminu Imam
Benue medical students

Says no ransom was paid The Nigeria Police has confirmed the release of 20 medical students and others abducted in Benue State. It had earlier reported how the rescue operation was coordinated by the office of the National Security Adviser, (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu. Security agencies – the Police, DSS and military personnel and equipment were involved in the operation, with the support of the Benue State government. An issued statement, signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi yesterday, said the victims who were held in the Ntunkon forest,…

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Niger: Bandits release video of Shiroro LG abducted women

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Niger bandits

Demand 130 motorcycles The kidnappers of 26 women from Allawa community, in Shiroro local government area of Niger State, have released a video featuring two of the captives. In the video, the women plead with their families to provide the 130 motorcycles demanded for their release. The 30-second video, shared with our correspondent, shows one of the women tied to a tree, pleading for her family to deliver the items required by the kidnappers. Speaking in Hausa, she called on a relative, named AbdulRahman, to help provide the items. Umar,…

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Insecurity: 148 Niger farmers still in captivity over 53 days after abduction

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Niger farmers

Residents of Kuchi, an agrarian community in Munya local government area (LGA) of Niger State, continue to suffer, as 148 farmers remain in captivity more than fifty-three days after a devastating bandit raid on May 24, 2024. The bandits, numbering over 100, abducted the farmers, including pregnant women and children, and have since demanded ransom for their release. Speaking to newsmen, AbdulMalik Iliyasu, expressed anguish over the situation, revealing that some captives have died. Those released revealed that the bandits collected ransom before informing families of the deaths. The bandits…

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Army rescues 386 civilians from Sambisa Forest 10 yrs after abduction

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Army rescues

At least 386 people, mostly women and children, have been rescued by the Army in Sambisa Forest 10 years after their abduction. The Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7 Division, Brig. Gen. AGL Haruna, made this known while speaking to newsmen at the weekend, at the outskirts of Sambisa Forest in Konduga local government area, after welcoming the troops that conducted the 10-day operation. Haruna said that the operation, tagged: Operation Desert Sanity 111, was to clear Sambisa Forest of the remnants of all categories of terrorists, as well as…

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Troops rescue 16 kidnapped victims in Kaduna Army

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The troops of 1 Division Nigerian Army have successfully averted a kidnap attempt by a violent extremist and insurgent group and rescued the abductees in Tantatu Community of Kajuru local government area of Kaduna State. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, on Monday, in Abuja. Nwachukwu said troops had on Sunday responded to actionable intelligence at about 10:30 pm, and swiftly tracked the insurgents, who had earlier attacked the community in numbers and abducted some of the villagers as hostages. He…

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“Army – NOT Police – rescued Abuja kidnap victims” – Counter-insurgency publication reveals

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A counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama, has revealed that it was the Army that rescued the Al-Kadriyar sisters and other persons abducted from the Bwari area council of Abuja on January 2. The sisters were reportedly released around midnight of Saturday. Recall that last week, there were reports that Nabeeha, one of the sisters, was killed by the abductors. In an issued statement, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command said its anti-kidnapping squad, in collaboration with the Army, rescued the sisters and other abductees.…

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FCT: Kidnappers kill 3 of 10 victims, increase ransom to N700m

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Kidnappers who abducted 10 persons from an estate, Sagwari Layout, Dutse, Abuja, in the Federal Capital territory (FCT) on January 7, have reportedly killed three of their victims to send a strong warning to their relatives negotiating ransom payment. The development came even as it was gathered that the bandits have now increased their demand from the initial N60 million per person to N100 million, now totalling N700 million. Dutse is a town under the Bwari Area Council of the FCT. Residents said the victims were allegedly killed over the…

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Buharis ex-minister Isa Pantami mobilises N50m to rescue remaining 5 sisters abducted in Abuja

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The immediate-past Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, has mobilised financial support for the parents of five sisters kidnapped from their home in Bwari Area Council of Abuja, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to secure the release of their remaining daughters from abductors. Recall there was outrage over gruesome killing of a young lady, identified as Nabeeha Al-Kadriyar, by the gunmen who abducted her and five other sisters. Najeebah and her sisters were abducted on January 9, alongside their father, Alhaji Mansoor Al-Kadriyar. Nabeeha who was a 400-level…

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FCT Abducted Sisters: Outrage, as Netizens seek donation to pay bandits N100m ransom

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Nigerians on social media have started a fundraising campaign for the ransom to seek the release of a lady identified only as Nabeeha and five of her sisters who were kidnapped by kidnappers in their house in Abuja on January 2, 2024. Recall that in the early hours of Wednesday, January 3, 2024, an X user, Adamu_Asiya, who identified herself as a cousin to the kidnapped sisters announced the kidnap, noting that her uncle was killed in the process. She said, Please pray for my sisters and uncle when you…

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Terrorists free Zamfara former Acct.-Generals children after 5 months captivity

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All the abducted daughters of a former Accountant-General of Zamfara State, Abubakar Bello Furfuri, have regained their freedom after 5 months in captivity. Recall that the five girls were reportedly abducted by terrorists from their home in Furfuri, a community in Bungudu LGA in June. In October, their kidnappers were said to have released a video showing the girls carrying firearms and threatened to recruit them into banditry if the ransom they demanded was not paid. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Public Enlightenment, Zailani Bappa, who confirmed their…

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