The squad arrested the gang leader and the owner of Chiwarna Hotel in Jos North, where the victims were held hostage
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According to Igbo, on sighting the operatives, the kidnappers engaged them in a shootout but that the operatives overpowered and killed one of them, known simply as Onyeka
The governor, who was miffed that despite government’s warning that landlords should screen their tenants to ensure that their properties are not used by criminal elements, said the buildings used by the kidnap suspects to hold the judge’s wife, daughter and driver would be demolished at the appropriate time
It was gathered that upon receiving information on the kidnappers’ hideout somewhere in Agbara area of Ogun State, a team of SARS men, led by the Officer-in-Charge, Abba Kyari, a Superintendent of Police, went to the area and laid ambush for the kidnappers in the bush around their hideout
Olaoye, testifying before Justice Olabisi Akinlade at the trial of seven persons for the crime, said that he paid $31,260 (N5 million) as ransom for the release of his son
Rev. Fr. Vincent Ejembi of Makurdi Catholic Diocese in his sermon at St. Vincent Catholic Church, Ibollo, Ogbunike, warned those who committed the crime to repent or incur the wrath of God
“The victim was kidnapped at the Church of Nazarem, Ilupeju, where he was celebrating Children’s Day party with some other children. The child was rescued hale and hearty at about 2 a.m. on May 31
The kidnappers drove inside the premises of the company shooting sporadically and abducted two white men into their taxi and drove straight to the waterside where they put them in a speed boat and left with them,” he stated
“We have embarked on solemn marches within Benin to appeal to the kidnappers to release our colleague unhurt and alive
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a Lebanese for orchestrating the kidnap of his aunt and demanding a ransom…
She is being prosecuted alongside Patricia Nna, 26; Kingsley Okonwa, 24; Osita Adigwe, 35; and Uzochukwu Ezioha, 25
Chukweumeka said that the incident took place at Aguleri in the Anambra East Local Council Area of the state at around 4pm on May 10
Monguno was kidnapped shortly after the prayer session on Friday inside the mosque
The abductors, he revealed, mandated him to champion youth empowerment and job creation for graduates in the country
According to a report monitored on Ray Power radio, a man, who claimed to have also been a victim of the kidnappers, delivered the message to Bamigbetan’s family
The kidnappers initially demanded for N16 million
Sources privy to the discussion between Oke and her husband said she did not sound like she had been harmed.
Meanwhile, another female journalist escaped being kidnapped earlier on Thursday
There were said to be 15 sailors on the vessel that operates from Lagos State
The kidnapped sailors are said to be in good condition