Tag: Kidnapping

Police finally find missing Ameerah Sufyan, refute kidnapping of 17 others

Aminu Imam

The Police in Abuja has said the Twitter user, Ameerah Sufyan, who was allegedly kidnapped a few days ago by gunmen in police uniform, has been found. The Police also debunked reports that 17 other persons were kidnapped by armed men in police uniforms. Recall that Ameerah had alerted that she and others were kidnapped at gunpoint by armed men in police uniform a few days ago. However, in a statement by the Force Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Oduniyi Omotayo, the FCT Command said Ameerah is currently in…

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Kaduna Escalating Insecurity: Kidnapped Catholic Priest dies in captivity 8 weeks after abduction

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Catholic Priest, Rev Fr. Joseph Aketeh Bako, has died in the hands of his abductors eight weeks after he was abducted. The Chancellor, Catholic Archdiocese of Kaduna, Rev Fr. Christian Okewu Emanuel, disclosed this yesterday, in Kaduna. Recall that the Late Rev. Fr Bako was kidnapped from his residence in Kudenda community of Chikun local government area of Kaduna State on March 8, 2022. The Chancellor also disclosed that late Fr. Bako had died between April 18 and 20, 2022. Fr. Joseph (aged 48) was kidnapped from his residence, in…

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Senate amends Terrorism Act, prohibits making payment of ransom to kidnappers

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A Bill seeking to prohibit the payment of ransom to kidnappers has passed the third reading in the Senate. The Bill was passed after the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Human Rights, and Legal Matters adopted its report in plenary, yesterday. The Chairman of the Committee, Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele, said the Bill sought to prohibit the payment of ransom to abductors, kidnappers, and terrorists in exchange for the release of anyone who had been wrongly detained, imprisoned, or kidnapped. According to the legislator, the Bills ultimate goal is to deter…

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Kaduna: Bandits abduct mother, daughter after distributing Ramadan gift to villagers, demand N100m

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A philanthropist, Mrs. Ramatu Abarshi, has been abducted by bandit terrorists alongside her daughter, Amira, after distributing Ramadan gifts to local communities of Mariri town, in Lere local government area of Kaduna State. A family source said the bandits trailed them on Saturday noon around Kasuwan-Magani, in Kachia Local government, in the southern part of Kaduna State. It was gathered that Eng. Ramatu Abarshi, a former Head of Department of Electrical Engineering, Kaduna Polytechnic, and her daughter who were traveling in a chartered vehicle were kidnapped near Kasuwan Magani. According…

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Kaduna: Abductors kill 3 kidnapped victims, threaten to kill more if ransom not paid

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For failing to pay ransom to their kidnappers, three out of those kidnapped from Ungwan-Bulus, in the Chikun local government area of Kaduna State, have been killed by their abductors, according to reports. The Spokesperson for the Kaduna State Police Command, ASP Mohammed Jalige, confirmed the killing. The Chief of Ungwan Bulus community, Gideon Haruna Goni, confirmed the incident to newsmen, saying the terrorists called the community to inform them to go and pick up the corpses of those killed around Dutse community, along the Kaduna-Abuja highway. The terrorists also…

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Just In! Bandits invade Zamfara College, abduct female students

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No fewer than four students of the College of Science and Health Technology in Tsafe, Zamfara State, have been reportedly kidnapped by suspected bandits. Sources in the community disclosed that the abduction occurred Tuesday night, when they stormed the college with sophisticated weapons and shot in the air to scare residents. It was gathered that the kidnappers have already made contact with the families of their victims, demanding an undisclosed amount as ransom. Police authorities in Zamfara State have confirmed the abductions. The spokesperson of the Command, Muhammed Shehu, said…

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Gunmen kidnap Jonathans cousin in Bayelsa

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Jephthah Robert, a cousin of former president Goodluck Jonathan, has been abducted by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers in front of his house around Dimrose Road in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital. According to reports, Jephthah was kidnapped on Tuesday, barely 24 hours after the Bayelsa State Commissioner for Industry, Trade and Investment, Federal Otokito, was released by his abductors. Recall that Otokito was whisked away by gunmen on January 20 from his residence in his community, Otuokpoti, in the Ogbia local government area of the State. He spent about five…

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Kano: School teacher who kidnapped, killed 5-yr-old Hanifa came to sympathise with her parents over the abduction

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Family sources have said that the school teacher who kidnapped and killed 5-year-old Hanifa Abubakar in Kano, was among the first set of people who came to sympathize with her parents after the abduction. Recall that the suspect, Abdulmalik Mohammed Tanko, the proprietor of Noble Kids Nursery and Primary school in Kano was arrested by the Police for the gruesome murder alongside an accomplice. Uncle of the girl, Suraj Sulaiman, told newsmen that Tanko shed tears when he visited Hanifas parents to console them over the abduction. He was full…

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Kidnappers of DSS operative demand N20m ransom

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The abductors of an operative of the Department of State Security Service, (DSS), in Abaji area council of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), are demanding N20 million to set him free. According to reports, the gunmen had attacked the SSS operatives office and abducted one of them, but the spokesman of the service denied the report. A reliable source had told newsmen, on Sunday, that contact was established with the abductors two days after the abduction. They DSS are still negotiating with them despite their (abductors) insistence on the N20…

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Bandits Schools Attacks: ’10 students killed, 780 abducted, 61 still in captivity’ – Amnesty International

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As the year fizzles out, very disturbing security statistics being rolled out by global watchdog, Amnesty International, shows that children in Nigeria have become the major target of attacks by bandits.  In an issued statement on Thursday, the organisation claimed that 780 children have so far been abducted, 10 school children killed and 61 still held in custody.  Knocking the authorities for allegedly failing the Nigerian child, Amnesty said, Nigerian authorities are failing children as at least 61 children in northern Nigeria remain in captivity, months after their abduction during…

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