Kidnapper Evans, co-suspect allege bias against trial judge
By Olu AJAYI NIGERIA: SUSPECTED billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, often called Evans, and his co-accused person, have alleged bias against the trial judge hearing their case. Evans and fellow suspect have, therefore, petitioned the Lagos State Chief Judge to transfer the case from Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo to another judge. They alleged the bias in […]
Unknown gunmen kidnap three APDA chieftains in Kogi
By Olu AJAYI (Abeokuta) NIGERIA: UNKNOWN gunmen have kidnapped three local government leaders of the Advanced People’s Democratic Alliance (APDA) in Kogi State. The Publicity Secretary of APDA, Tosin Adeyanju, explained in a release made available to GatewayMail that the abducted party chieftains are principal officers in their respective local governments – Ademu Kadir […]
Police kill five kidnappers in Ogun
By Sola AJIBIKE (Abeokuta) NIGERIA: MEN of the Ogun State Police Command have shot dead five suspected kidnappers who demanded N100 million ransom to free a policeman abducted by them. The Command Public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent of Police Abimbola Oyeyemi, paraded their corpses to journalists at Egba Owode Divisional Police Headquarters, Owode in Obafemi-Owode […]
Six kidnappers in police net after collecting ransom, murdering victim
By Olusola AJIBIKE (Abeokuta) NIGERIA: MEN of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS), Ogun State, have apprehended six kidnappers who collected a ransom and thereafter killed the man they abducted. GatewayMail gathered that the suspects had lured the victim, Femi Olatunji, a Quatity Surveyor and father of one from his residence in Ogun State, […]
Four in police net for kidnapping 75-year-old woman
By Olusola AJIBIKE (Abeokuta) NIGERIA: POLICEMEN in Ogun State have apprehended four suspects who were behind the kidnapping of a 75-year-old woman, Wuraola Shittu, at Ibiade Farm settlement in Ijebu Waterside Local Government area. The Command Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed to GatewayMail said that the woman was kidnapped on March 14 […]
Police nab four suspected kidnappers in Enugu
By Maureen EDOZIE (Enugu) NIGERIA: NO fewer than four suspected kidnappers have been apprehended by policemen in Enugu State. The state Police Command said that among the suspects, who allegedly killed one of their victims, are Bala Mohammed and Saminu Kabiru. The suspects were nabbed through intelligence information and manhunt to their hideouts at […]
Turkish school abduction: Police nabbed high profile suspects, says Commissioner
NIGERIA: HIGH profile suspects are among those apprehended by men of the Nigeria Police Force in connection with the abduction of eight students of the Nigeria-Turkish International School in Isheri, Ogun State. The Ogun State Police Commissioner, Mr. Ahmed Iliyasu, disclosed this on Tuesday while handing over the rescued victims, who were led by […]
Lagos approves death sentence for kidnappers
NIGERIA: LAGOS lawmakers have approved law death penalty for kidnappers whose victims died while in their custody. The death sentence was considered by the House on Monday following the adoption of a report presented by the Chairman of the House Committee on Judiciary, Petitions, Human Rights and Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC), Mrs. […]
Kidnapped four Lagos residents regain freedom
By Femi Shodunke NIGERIA: BARELY two days after a tactical team of policemen was raised by the Assistant Inspector General of Police Zone 2 Command, Mr. Abdulmajid Ali, four residents of Lagos kidnapped recently has been freed. In this direction, Ali has commended all that participated in the rescue of the four, whom the […]
AIG raises tactical team to rescue abducted four Lagos residents
NIGERIA: A TACTICAL team raised by the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 2 Command Lagos, Abdulmajid Ali, are on the trail of the hoodlums who kidnapped four residents of Lagos. The four, whom the police did not give their identities, were abducted last Saturday at their Lekki Gardens, Isheri residence. Ali charged the team, […]
