Locals told Premium Times that before the Sunday abduction, residents had been accusing some Fulani settlers of being the brains behind the spate of kidnappings in the area.
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A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, CP Frank Mba, on Wednesday said the clarification was necessitated by public enquiries following the Monday announcement by the IGP of the suspension of issuance of new tinted permits.
President Buhari had threatened on his Twitter handle to deal with people who are destroying INEC facilities in the South East the way federal forces dealt with Biafrans during the Civil War.
Speaking to State House correspondents at the end of the closed door meeting, Uzodinma expressed satisfaction with the outcome of the consultations with the president.
It was gathered that Ella, with the Department of Theatre Arts in the institution, was abducted in the early hours of Wednesday by gunmen who attacked his residence located at Haske quarters in Lamingo community, Jos North Local Government Area of the state
This was disclosed in a statement made available to The Eagle Online by the spokesman of the Command, Bala Elkana, who also disclosed that some of those who attacked the country home of the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, have also been arrested
The Command’s Spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, said in a statement that the suspected hoodlums shot at the girl, her mother and another child while on a motorcycle
The social media report also stated that 15 soldiers were killed in the attack
The Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Olawale Olokode, while parading the suspects in Osogbo on Wednesday, explained that they were arrested based on intelligence policing
He warned that anyone caught with the weapons would face the full weight of the law
Dr. Harun Ibn-Sina, the Commander-General of the board, gave the warning in a statement in Kano.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the community in recent times had become the danger zone for banditry, kidnapping and armed robbery.
Bello, an Assistant Controller General, gave the advice while addressing personnel of the Plateau State Command at the end of his visit to the command on Wednesday in Jos.
Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of announced this while addressing newsmen in Minna on Wednesday.
The Head of hunters in Ijesaland, Chief Ogunbiyi Akamo, made the remarks at a programme organised by Civic Engagement Centre in Ilesa, Ilesa East Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday.
Onogwu Muhammed, Chief Press Secretary to the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja.
Dr. Lazarus Maigoro, Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of University of the institution, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Jos.
The Agency’s Director Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, announced this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja.
Owolabi made the disclosure during a Peace/Security Summit, organised by National Association of Nigerian Students in collaboration with the Ogun State Police Command at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka on Wednesday.