Tag: Kidnapping

Kidnappers kill 6-yr-old after N5m ransom

Aminu Imam

…Dump body inside drainage Kidnappers have killed and dumped the body of a 6-year-old boy inside a drainage in Kano State, after collecting N5 million ransom from his parents. It was gathered that the victim, Mohammed Kabir, was abducted in Barnawa in Kaduna, where his parents are based. It was also gathered that the boy’s father is a businessman in the community. A resident of the area who pleaded anonymity said the kidnappers initially demanded N50 million ransom, but later settled for a million naira. “We heard the parents took…

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Banditry: Matawalle orders demolition of informants, arms suppliers’ houses

Aminu Imam

Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, has directed security agencies to demolish the houses of informants and those supplying arms to bandits in the State. A press release signed by Yusuf Idris, the Director-General on Media to the governor, issued to newsmen in Gusau yesterday, said that the order was with immediate effect. Matawalle issued the order when Sokoto State governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, paid him a sympathy visit over recent bandit attacks on some communities in Zamfara, which left many people dead and several others displaced. Matawalle said serious punitive…

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Kaduna: Bandits release video of pregnant student, others abducted from Fed. Forestry College

Aminu Imam

…’Payment of ransom has not stopped attacks since 2014′ – El-Rufa’i Bandits have released a video of a pregnant student and others who were abducted from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, in Afaka, Kaduna State. Recall that the kidnapped students were abducted from their hostels in March. In the 4-minute and 56 seconds video, shot at night in an unknown location, a bandit was heard speaking in Hausa and later Fulfulde asking some of the students to come forward and speak to the camera. The pregnant girl, who the…

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‘Bandits kill 2 more students of Kaduna’s Greenfield University’ – Official

Aminu Imam

Another two students of Greenfield University, in Kaduna State, who were kidnapped last Tuesday, were found dead yesterday, The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Homeland Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the latest murder of the two students in a press statement issued yesterday. The development came two days after the bandits killed three out of the 20 students kidnapped from the school last week. The three victims were found dead on Friday. The latest deaths have increased the number of students killed to five as negotiation for the release of the…

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Bandits kidnap 20 women attending a naming ceremony in Katsina

Aminu Imam

No fewer than 20 women have been kidnapped by armed bandits while attending a naming ceremony at Gidan Bido village of Dandume Local Government Area of Katsina State. According to reports, the incident occurred on Friday, around 1 pm. It was gathered that another group of bandits attacked and also kidnapped five men at Unguwar Bawa village, of Dandume LGA in the State, in the early morning hours of Saturday. Recall that in March, gunmen suspected to be bandits reportedly stormed two communities, namely Katsalle and Unguwar-Tukur in Sabuwa local…

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Bandits abduct 77 in Kajuru LGA

Aminu Imam

…As three abducted students of Greenfield Varsity found dead Gunmen suspected to be bandits have reportedly abducted 77 people at Libere village in Kajuru local government area of Kaduna State. According to reports, the incident occurred on Wednesday. The report said the village head of neighbouring Kalla, Aminu Na’Iri, confirmed the report. He said eight members of a family, including the wife and children were among those abducted. Libere is said to be located around a thick forest across River Kaduna from Kasuwan Magani Kalla village, which makes it difficult…

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Just In: Gunmen abduct 2 nurses on night duty in Kaduna hospital

Aminu Imam

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have kidnapped two nurses in Idon General Hospital, in Kajuru local government area of Kaduna State, in the early hours of Thursday. The Medical Director of the hospital, Dr. Shingyu Shamnom, who confirmed the incident, disclosed that the bandits stormed the general hospital through the fence armed with deadly weapons. According to him, while the bandits shot sporadically in the premises of the hospital, two nurses on night duty came out to identify themselves as medical workers and the bandits whisked them away to an…

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Gunmen kidnap 8 RCCG members in Kaduna

Aminu Imam

No fewer than eight members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) have been kidnapped by bandits in Kaduna State. The gunmen were said to have abducted the church members on Friday evening while on transit along the Kachia Road in the southern part of the State. While the authorities in the State have yet to react to the incident, the leader of the men’s fellowship of the church in the province, Elder Adaji, confirmed the abduction of their members on a television programme yesterday. He explained that the abducted persons…

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FCT: 2 suspected kidnappers perish after firefight with Police

Aminu Imam

Two suspected kidnappers have died of gunshot injuries after a firefight with the Police in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The firefight with the criminals occured yesterday at Naharati village, along the Abaji axis in the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT). The FCT Police Command spokesperson, Mariam Yusuf, disclosed this in a statement, adding that the deceased died while receiving treatment at the hospital. Yusuf said that the Command has launched a manhunt for the other fleeing suspects. In a similar case, the Police said five suspects were arrested for cultism and…

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Breaking! Again, gunmen storm Kaduna FAAN quarters

Aminu Imam

Bandits on Sunday morning made fresh attempts to abduct residents of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) quarters, in Kaduna. This is coming a week after 12 residents of the FAAN quarters were abducted. The bandits returned to the quarters on Sunday, but met stiff resistance from a combined team of the Nigerian Air Force and Nigerian Army. A security source said the bandits launched the fresh attack through a different route. He said the gunmen had targeted one of the houses in the premises but security agents overpowered…

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