Browsing: Kidnappers

The law, which comes into force with immediately, has death penalty for those found guilty of banditry and related offences.

DSP Suleima Nguroji, the Command’s Spokesperson disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday in Yola.

The passage of the Terrorism (Prevention) Act 2013 (Amendment) Bill, 2022, followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters.

The National Security Adviser (NSA), retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno, said the president gave the order at the 2022 maiden meeting of the National Security Council, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja.

SP Yemisi Opalola, the command’s spokesperson made this known in a statement, adding that the suspects were arrested after kidnapping a man at a Fulani settlement in Ile-Ife.

Sadu Bunkawu indicated to the police that he fell out with his gang after it gave him just N200, 000 out of the N12 million they made from their last operation.

Recall that a group of kidnappers had reportedly been intercepted along the bridgehead in Onitsha by some security agents.

It was gathered that they were released by the kidnappers at about 1:05am on Saturday, at a forest location near Ogbemudia farm along the same route where they were abducted by the unidentified gunmen.

The command’s Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa, made the disclosure in a statement on Saturday.

Five of the criminals were nabbed by the operatives, while several others escaped with bullet wounds during the operation.

Five of the suspects according to The Nation were arrested while several others escaped with bullet wounds during the operation.

The PDP Chairman said this over the weekend when he spoke with newsmen at the party’s national secretariat.

The officers received different categories of awards for demonstrating gallantry and doggedness in the fight against terrorism, banditry and kidnapping, among others.

ASP Mohammed Jalige, Police Public Relations Officer, confirmed the development to newsmen on Sunday in Zaria.

The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Abeokuta.

The spokesman of the Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed this in a statement he issued on Wednesday in Abeokuta.

This is contained in a statement by Police Public Relations Officers (PPRO), SP Ajayi Okasanmi, on Sunday in Ilorin.

The suspect, since his arrest by the Force Intelligence Bureau and Intelligence Response Team, has been singing like a bird.

The Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, disclosed this during a media briefing in Abuja on Tuesday.

AVM Sikiru Smith (rtd) was kidnapped around 6pm on Monday September 27 at a building site near Blenco Mall on Addo Road, in the Ajah area of Lagos.