Kidnapping Archives - Page 3 of 3

Jan

2024

In a south-south operation, troops kill 43 terrorists and capture 76.

Metro, NewsArmy, Bandits, Boko Haram, Crime, Insecurity, Kidnappers, Kidnapping, Metro, Security

Nigerian military troops in the South-South geographical zone of the nation killed forty-three terrorists and detained seventy-six others. Major General Edward Buba, the Director of Defence Media Operations, revealed this in a statement provided to reporters. He also claimed that the army freed 27 hostages who had been kidnapped and caught 29 oil thieves. A military spokesman said that 2,150 different types of ammunition and 81 different types of weaponry were found by the forces. "One NSVT AA gun, one GPMG, one PKMG, 36 AK47 rifles, one RPG 7 tube, two AGL bombs, four pump action guns, four locally fabricated…

Jan

2024

By David Okoye

Kidnapping Attempt Thwarted as Police Rescue Victim in Kaduna

MetroBandits, Kaduna State, Kidnappers, Kidnapping, Security

After receiving a distress call from Abuja, the Kaduna State Police Command successfully foiled an attempt at kidnapping and freed a victim in Kaduna. On the state police commissioner Audi Ali's orders, the police detained one suspected kidnapper and found the victim's car along with the perpetrators' weaponry. The event started when agents from Kaduna's Kawo Divisional Headquarters learned that kidnappers were passing across the state with their victim. The police believe that the grey Toyota Hilux van, registered Abuja RBC90DC, was carrying the kidnappers and their victim when they stopped it at around 00:10 hours. One of the kidnappers…

Dec

2023

By OHAFIATV

Gunmen kidnap Akwa Ibom High Court Judge, Kill orderly.

Lifestyle, MetroAkwa Ibom, Court, Crime, Kidnappers, Kidnapping, Security

Justice Joy Uwanna, a high court judge, and her driver were abducted by gunmen on Monday in Akwa Ibom State's Oron Local Government Area. It was learned that the attack along the Uyo-Okobo route claimed the life of the judge's orderly. Toroscho Eyene, the chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association's Oron section, confirmed the news to our correspondent on Tuesday. He stated that during a court session, the judge was abducted and taken to Uyo. He revealed that tomorrow (Wednesday) is the scheduled meeting between the association's members and the State Commissioner of Police and the Department of State Services,…

Sep

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Little Miss Blessing, Seen In Abuja After Being Kidnapped in Abia Community.

Abia State, MetroAbia State, Abuja, Kidnappers, Kidnapping, Metro

Young Miss Blessing Felix, who reportedly was abducted by an unidentified woman in Olokoro Umuahia, Abia state, has been discovered in Abuja. The victim in a video that has gone viral, revealed that her grandma had instructed her to go buy something, and that's where she was abducted. "The woman carried me and put me in the boot," she explained. She also said that the woman is unknown to her. The victim, who is around 10 years old, was quick to add that she wishes to return to her village but was unable to explain how she arrived in Abuja.

Jun

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Man got busted after allegedly paying N500,000 to kill his brother.

Abia State, Amos Oge Kalu, Lifestyle, MetroKidnappers, Kidnapping, Ohafia, Okon-Aku, Udoeze Kalu

By Odinaka Kalu …The voice instruction from the phone record told the hitmen to make sure they tie a big stone around the waist of the victim so that he sinks very well when they throw the body inside the river he pointed out to them. This is the deadly story ruling social media for some days now after a voice note was made public on several WhatsApp groups in Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State. What took many people aback over the ugly story is that both the victim and the mastermind are from the same community and…