•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...
•Janet Igohia with the ransom Troops of 93 Battalion, 6 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Jalingo, Taraba State, have apprehended a suspected female while trying to pick ransom for a kidnapped victim in Taraba. In a statement issued by Acting Assistant Director, 6 Brigade Army Public Relations, Lt. Olubodunde Oni, the female kidnapper named Janet ...
•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 ...
•Mike Ejiofor A former Director of the Department of State Services, DSS, Mr Mike Ejiofor, in this interview, gives reasons for the escalation of kidnapping in the country, stating interim and long-term measures the government can embrace. Ejiofor, who is also a kidnap victim, reveals why payment of ransom is the only available option to [&hel...
•IGP Egbetokun The Nigeria Police Force has said that crowdfunding for kidnap ransom on social media is an illegal and punishable offense. The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, stated this yesterday while speaking on Channels TV. Adejobi said such actions demoralise police personnel, stressing that paying a ransom is criminal ...
•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...
•Bandits A ransom of N30 million has been requested for the release of Barrister Cyril Adikwu’s wife and his two in-laws, who were abducted from the Army estate in Kurudu. Recall that kidnappers invaded the estate on Thursday night at about 10 pm and took away his wife and two in-laws, reports The Nation. Adikwu, […]
•FEC meeting The Federal Executive Council (FEC), today Wednesday, January 17, reacted to reports of some members of the public crowdfunding for ransom payments for kidnap victims. Minister of Defense, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar said such practices would rather worsen the situation, adding that not responding to ransom demands will eventually ma...
Almost a month since the abduction of 150 villagers in Mutunji District of Maru LGA of Zamfara State, three of the victims have been reported dead in captivity even as the bandits have remained silent on the issue of ransom for the remaining 147 in their den. Armed bandits had on Friday, November 24, 2023 […]
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