•Abducted Risikat Oladokun Suspected kidnappers of an Ogun State-based business woman, Risikat Oladokun, have refused to set her free after payment of ransom to the tune of N5million, the husband lamented today. The victim was abducted by gunmen on March 12 in Awa Ijebu, Ijebu North Local Government Area of the state, while returning from [&he...
•Police The Police in Lagos have confirmed the arrest of three suspected kidnappers in the Ijanikin area of the state. The Zonal Public Relations Officer (ZPRO), SP Umma Ayuba, confirmed the arrest in a statement today in Lagos. She gave the names of the suspects as Samuel Kwasi, 64; Monday Unachukwu, 24; and Freeman Ekpebo, […]
•Gunmen Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have reportedly attacked a Celestial Church in Ogun State, abducting two worshippers identified as Oladapo Seyifunmi and Oluboboye Abiola. The incident occurred at the church located near Oriyarin village, Mowe, in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State yesterday. According to the state ...
•Bandits The bandits that kidnapped 15 Qur’anic students in Sokoto State have established contact with their families, demanding N20 million before releasing them. The proprietor of the school, Liman Abubakar confirmed this development in a telephone conversation with our correspondent today, reports The PUNCH. It was earlier reported that the...
•A kidnap victim One of the kidnapped pupils from Kuriga, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Mustapha Abubakar, who luckily escaped has recounted his ordeal in the hands of his abductors. This was according to a report by BBC Hausa Service published online today, Monday, March 11, 2024. According to Abubakar, the kidnappers treated ...
•Nyesom Wike Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike has placed an N20 million bounty on the heads of two criminals terrorising residents of the territory, dead or alive. Wike made the announcement in Abuja today, while making remarks at the FCT Police Command, where 15 arrested suspected kidnappers and one chance robbers were pa...
•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 [&...
•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 ...
•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...
•Gunmen Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed two traditional rulers travelling through a community in Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti State. It was gathered that the two traditional rulers, the Elesun of Esun-Ekiti, Oba David Babatunde Ogunsakin and the Onimojo of Imojo-Ekiti, Oba Olatunde Samuel Olushola, were ambushed and kille...