The Incident was said to have occurred along the Itakpe-Kuroko Road on Sunday evening while the judge was returning to Lokoja from his country home
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Two Kogi judiciary workers kidnapped by gunmen
The Sanga Interim Management Committee Chairman, Nuhu Audu, confirmed the killings and called for urgent investigation into their death
The Farm Manager, Emmanuel Ashava, while narrating the incident, told newsmen that the suspects came into the farm with sophisticated weapons and operated for almost seven hours
An eyewitness told the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Kano that the suspects stormed the residence of the politician around 2am.
The witness said the suspects, numbering about 40, arrived the town on motorcycles with dangerous weapons
They had demanded for N50 million ransom shortly after the kidnap at the monarch’s office last week but the amount they eventually got could not be confirmed as at press time
Mohammed said that the gunmen, about five in number, forced the main entrance of the house open and started firing sporadically “with the intention of either robbing or kidnapping their target”
Malam Musa Kanoma, the district head, said upon their arrival, the gunmen headed straight to the police station, firing shots and causing confusion in the area
DSP Fwaje Atajiri, the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, confirmed the attack while speaking with newsmen in Gombe on Monday.
Atajiri said the incident occurred on Saturday night and investigation into the matter had commenced
Nancy, 26, who was said to be the last child of the Dicksons, was kidnapped at her shop located in Okaka Road, Yenagoa, the state capital.
A professional footballer, who is said to be the son of the bale of the community, simply identified as Muheed, had his two legs shattered by bullets
A source said one of the persons who was also kidnapped that would have brought the numbers of the victims to six was later found by the river bank where he was dumped after he was beaten and fatally wounded by the kidnappers
He said the fears of neighbours were further heightened when a search party, organised to ascertain his whereabouts, later found his slippers, clothes and underwear inside an uncompleted building few metres to the house
Kwaji said the gunmen also attacked six families who were fishing in Kortse village, near Dan-Anacha, killed two persons, while others ran for their lives
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The Public Relations Manager of the company, Owhondah Ebere, gave the names of the expatriates as Sari Naser Karin, a Syrian, and Tarek Maroun, a Lebanese, while the Nigerian was simply identified as Sahara
The Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Austin Ezeani, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Makurdi on Thursday that the police officer was leading a special police task force on cattle rustling in the state
But the spokesman for the Taraba State Government on Security matters, Kabiru Pitiko, told Channels Television that the information gathered showed that cattle rustlers were behind the attack
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