The seven men were arrested by Operatives of the Force Intelligence Response Team, headed by a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari.
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Anifowose, who pleaded not guilty to the charge, allegedly committed the offences in 2016 at 15, Enuwa Street, Ile-Ife, where he lived in the same premises with the couple, Mr. and Mrs. Dotun Elufidipe.
The spokesperson of the state Police Command, DSP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, who confirmed the incident to newsmen on Sunday in Asaba, said Ofobruku was a victim of armed robbery before he was kidnapped at gunpoint.
Bola Longe, Commissioner of Police in the state, confirmed the release of the CAN chairman to newsmen on Sunday in Lafia.
The kidnappers of the grandson of renowned Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi, have been arrested and the three-year-old boy rescued.
The Nasarawa State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of Abdullahi Magaji, the Aron Akye of Ugah, a Second-Class traditional ruler in the state.
A beauty queen, Miss. Elizabeth Oyenibi, has narrated how Kogi State Commissioner for Water Resources, Abdulmumini Danga, allegedly abducted and raped her because of an advisory post on Facebook to the commissioner.
Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State on Monday says the state government has concluded arrangements to sponsor an executive bill to review punishments for cattle rustling, abduction and kidnapping.
Abduction now appears to be an emerging concern in Nigeria though it is not a new phenomenon. It is as old as the word itself. But the motive may vary from country to country.
He was said to have left his grandmother’s house around 10am on February 24 after abandoning his breakfast.
Ndieze received and handed over the child to his church member, Emmanuel Onuoha.
The presiding officer, Albert Maga, ordered the defendants to produce a surety each in like sum, whose address must be verified and must reside within the court’s jurisdiction
Chief Falae said his abductors threatened to kill him every 30 minutes until they received information that money had been given to them as demanded.
The false alarm is coming two weeks after 234 female students of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, were reportedly kidnapped by members of dreaded sect, Boko Haram
They gave this information at the Presidential villa during a meeting convened by the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, with women to know the actual number of girls abducted from the school
However, the First Lady burst into tears after she took a roll call and discovered that the governor’s wife and those she invited were absent
The governors gave the advice in a communiqué issued at the end of their meeting in Enugu, read by forum’s Chairman and Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji
Borno State Governor, Ibrahim Shettima and the school principal denied the defence headquarters’ claim, saying they have not seen those that have been freed
A total of 129 female students were abducted by gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members on Tuesday
According to him, one of the girls, 15, is from Biu Local Government Area of Borno State while the other is 16 from Keffi in Nassarawa State