However, luck ran out on them when operatives of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Lagos State Police Command stumbled on their plan and moved in swiftly to foil it.
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The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in a statement in Minna on Wednesday.
The expatriate, one of the contractors engaged by the Ekiti State Government to construct the new Ado Ekiti-Iyin Ekiti Road, was abducted on Friday at the site by gunmen who also killed one of the policemen attached to the contractors.
The association, in a communiqué jointly signed its Chairman, Dr Innocent Abang and the Public Relations Officer, Dr Besong Akotanchi, said it would not suspend the strike until the state government improved the security architecture of the state.
The Commissioner, Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, made the disclosure in a statement issued on Monday in Kaduna.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Delta Command, DSP Onome Onovwakpoyeya confirmed this to newsmen in a cell phone conversation on Monday in Warri.
The upsurge in the crimes was first noticed since the #ENDSARS protests that led to the release of no fewer than 1,900 from two Correctional Centres, burning of at least eight police stations and the looting of their armouries by hoodlums.
Dr Innocent Abang, the state Chairman of NMA disclosed in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Calabar.
It was learnt that operatives attached to Mubi North Division on Sunday arrested Aminu Jika, 36, and Muhammed Umar, 32, both residents of Wuro patuji Village, Mubi North Local Government.
The security expert said this in reaction to the disbandment of the SARS on Sunday by the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, following days of #EndSARS protest across the country.
David, whose address was not revealed by the court, is facing a two-count charge of stealing and conspiracy.
The Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, announced this at a media briefing in Abuja on Wednesday.
Making the call when he visited the News Agency of Nigeria Bauchi Zonal Office on Thursday, Emefesi called on the Federal Government to declare emergency on the institution to check the increasing cases of divorce and other social vices.
This was revealed by the spokesman of the Command, SP Haruna Mohammed, in a statement.
The police charged Umar Abubakar, 35; Sani Lawan, 30; Hassan Umar, 30; Abdulhadi Falalu, 25; Yahuza Ibrahim, 28; Nasiru Tukur, 24; Sani Abdulsalam,34; Lawan Shehu,30, and Ibrahim Sani, 23, with four counts of criminal conspiracy, armed robbery, illegal possession of firearms and kidnapping.
The troops also recovered arms and ammunitions in various operations in Zamfara and Katsina States.
The police charged the couple with criminal conspiracy and kidnapping punishable under sections 97 of the penal code law of Benue, 2004 and 3(2)of the Abduction, Hostage-Taking, Kidnapping, Secret Cult and Similar Activities (Prohibition) Law of Benue, 2017.
The District Head spoke on Thursday on the sidelines of a two-day free medical outreach organised by the Defence Headquarters in the community.
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, made the disclosure at a press conference at the Army Supper Camp 4, Faskari, Katsina on Saturday.
This was disclosed by the spokesman of the Command, Anjuguri Manzah, in a statement on Thursday.