•Gunmen The Commander of the National Safe Schools Response Coordination Centre, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Hammed Abodunrin, yesterday, blamed the poor network for delayed security response during the Kaduna and Ekiti schoolchildren abductions. Abodunrin disclosed this to our correspondent yesterday, reports The PUNCH. The Safe...
•The suspects Some of the suspects allegedly involved in the recent abduction of some school children in Emure- Ekiti, and the abduction of the Chairman of the All Progrressives Congress (APC) last year in Ekiti State have been arrested by the operatives of the police command in the state. One of the suspects was killed […]
•Pastor Clement Adebisi Pastor Clement Adebisi, the husband of one of the teachers of Apostolic Faith Group of Schools, Emure Ekiti, kidnapped in Ekiti State a fortnight ago, shares with Saturday PUNCH the family’s trauma while the episode lasted. Congratulations on your wife’s freedom. How did you feel that Monday on learning of the [&...
Doctors in Ekiti State Teaching University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH) under the aegis of the Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigerians have vowed not to accept payment of ‘amputated’ salary any longer. The MDCAN chairman, Adeniran Atiba said the increase in the subvention to the health institution from N261 million to N411 milli...
•Oba Adebayo Fatoba The Alara of Ara in the Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti State, Oba Adebayo Fatoba, has recounted his escape from a recent attack by gunmen that resulted in the tragic deaths of two of his colleagues last Monday. On January 29, Fatoba escaped after gunmen killed two monarchs: the Onimojo of […]
•Governor Oyebanji pays visit to rescued pupils at hospital Despite warnings by the federal government against crowd-funding for ransoms, the practice has continued to gain ground with the abductees and their families raising funds from relatives, friends, and social media to secure the release of kidnapped victims. Families of abductees told ...
•Some of the kidnapped school children The pupils and teachers of the Apostolic Faith Montessori School in Emure Ekiti kidnapped on January 29 have regained their freedom. The schoolchildren were released earlier today. However, the driver, who was also among the abductees, was killed and burnt by the assailants, reports Channels TV. Efforts t...
•Bandits Parents and relatives of the kidnapped pupils and teachers of the Apostolic Faith Group of Schools, Emure-Ekiti, Ekiti State, have cried out for government to help in rescuing the victims being held hostage by gunmen. The gunmen had on Monday ambushed the school bus conveying the pupils and staff to Eporo-Ekiti, a suburb of […]...
•Suspected kidnappers arrested by Amotekun in Ondo State Kidnappers of five pupils and four staff of the Apostolic Faith Church Primary and Secondary School in Emure, headquarter of Emure Council of Ekiti State have reportedly reduced their demand from N100m to N15million. The school bus conveying the pupils and their teachers, including the d...
•Late Oba Babatun Ogunsakin Mrs Yetunde Ogunsakin, the widow of the slain traditional ruler of Esun Ekiti in Ajoni Local Government Area of Ekiti State Oba Babatunde Ogunsakin, has disclosed his husband’s last request before he was gunned down by his assailants. Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Monday killed two Ekiti State monarchs on [&h...
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