Tag: kidnapping

Feb

26

2022

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Happening: Court Sentences Billionaire Kidnapper, Evans, Two Others *Discharges Ex-Solders

CRIMEAbduction, Court adjournment, court judgment, Discharged and acquitted, Evan, Evans Enwerem, imprisonment, kidnappers, kidnapping

Happening: Court Sentences Billionaire Kidnapper, Evans, Two Others *Discharges Ex-Solders Lagos High Court in Ikeja high Court has sentenced the famous kidnap kingpin, Evans, two others to life imprisonment. Justice Hakeem Oshodi of the Lagos High Court in Ikeja on Friday sentenced the man popularly known as billionaire kidnapper or Evans, and his accomplices – Uche Amadi and Okwuchukwu Nwachukwu to life imprisonment. Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, aka Evans, and two others, have been declared guilty of kidnapping and sentenced to life imprisonment by a Lagos High Court, sitting in Ikeja. Justice Hakeem Oshodi of the Lagos High Court in Ikeja on…

Nov

25

2021

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Details of How Ebonyi Police Arrested ‘Fake’ lawyer

METROFake lawyer, Fake lawyers, fraud, kidnapping, Nigerian Bar Association, Threat

Details of How Ebonyi Police Arrested 'Fake' lawyer Nnachi, E.U, Abakaliki The Police in Ebonyi, on Wednesday, arrested a man who claimed he was a lawyer. A reliable source from the Ebonyi State Police Command told our Correspondent that the suspect was stopped at a checkpoint manned by members of the Car/Sticker team of the Nigerian Bar Association (Abakaliki Branch), at the Union Bank Junction Abakaliki, on Wednesday, and questioned over who had the car he was driving, which had NBA stickers on it. According to the source, who pleaded anonymity, on interrogation by the NBA Car/Sticker taskforce, he sped…

Jul

20

2021

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How Angry Mob Burn To Ashes Five Suspected Kidnappers in Edo (See photos)

CRIMEAbduction, death, kidnapping, the Nigeria Police

A group of angry youths had, last weekend burnt to ashes bodies of five suspected kidnappers, in Edo state. The five suspected kidnappers were burnt to death by angry youths along the Afuze-Uokha road in Owan West Local Government Area of Edo State at the weekend. The local vigilante group in the area, as learnt, upon getting information on the activities of the Kidnappers, mobilised and ambushed the hoodlums. Meanwhile, it was reported that the suspected kidnappers, who were obviously armed with different kinds of guns, had launched an attack on some travellers travellers, while abducting the abductee, as they…

Nov

23

2020

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Kidnapped Nasarawa APC Chairman Found Dead Near Residence

CRIME#nasarawa APC, kidnapping, murder, Phillip Tatari Shekwo

The lifeless body of the kidnapped Chairman of Nasarawa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Phillip Tatari Shekwo, was found a few metres from his personal residence in Bukan Sidi area of Lafia, on Sunday. Thisdaylive reports that gunmen, on Saturday's night had kidnapped Shekwo. This was confirmed to Journalists by the state command’s Commissioner of Police, Bola Longe, to in Lafia. According to the police commissioner, innumerable unidentified gunmen stormed Shekwo’s residence around 11:00pm and whisked him away to an unknown destination. However, he disclosed that security agencies had reacted swiftly by deploying personnel to different forest…

Oct

06

2020

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Breaking! Court sentences church Founder, five others to life imprisonment over missing boy

CRIMEbabatunde alfa, Court's verdict, kidnapping, missing baby

The Founder of Sotitobire Praising Chapel, Prophet Babatunde Alfa has been sentenced to life imprisonment by AN Ondo high court in Akure following the disappearance of a one-year-old boy, Gold kolawole in the church last year.Prophet Alfa was said to have aided the disappearance of the toddler, in his church, alongside five other accomplices and consequently were all jailed on Tuesday by Justice Olusegun Odusola of the Ondo State High Court, Akure.Justice Olusegun Odusola in his judgement convicted the defendants having found them guilty of the two count charge of kidnapping and aiding and abetting to kidnap based on the…

May

09

2020

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Two Kidnap Victims Rescued In Abia As New CP Janet Agbede Stepped In

CRIME#abia state, CP Janet Agbede, criminalitiy, insecurity, kidnapping

The Nigeria Police Force, Abia State Command headed by CP Janet Agbede has rescued 2 kidnap victims in Amauzo Okpolu Umuobo Community, in Osisioma Local Government Area of Abia State. The hoodlums had on Wednesday, May 7, 2020 by 10:00 pm abducted two persons along Okpolu Umuobo road near Jesus Christ of Later Day Saint Church, in Osisioma Local Government Area of Aba commercial city. The Commissioner of Police, CP Janet Agbede has achieved this great feat within 2 weeks of her deployment to Abia State. Famous Reporters recalls that CP Agbede had during her first press briefing, warned criminals…

Mar

28

2020

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SARS Operatives Rescue Kidnapped Female Victim, Arrest Suspects In Aba

CRIMEcrime, kidnapping, SARS Operatives

One Miss Solomon Kelechi was today, reportedly rescued from a gang of her abductors within Aba metropolis, the commercial hub of Abia state by the Police officers attached to the Abia (SARS). Sources within the Abia State Police Command disclosed that the SARS operatives arrested three members of the kidnapping gang when they stormed their hideout at Obikabia, in Obignwa Local Government Area of the state. A source told our reporter that some arms and other exhibits were recovered from the suspects during the raid. It was gathered that the suspects were swooped on when they were negotiating for ransom…

Feb

02

2020

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BREAKING!! SARS GUNS DOWN 2 KIDNAP SUSPECTS, RESCUE VICTIMS AT OSISIOMA, ABIA STATE

CRIMEabia state, armed robbery, crime, death, insecurity, kidnapping, killing, rescue, victims

A team of SARS operatives led by their commander SP Obioguru Johnbull at Ekeakpara in Osisioma LGA of Abia State has just gunned down two kidnap suspects in an open fire with the latter, in a bid to rescue their victims, in Aba, the commercial hub of Abia State. Famous Reporters was reliably informed by a source close to the SARS that the intelligent team did not hesitate to act on the formation made available to the command, resulting in the recovery of the victims from the kidnappers' hideout, alongside their guns, after engaging in a battle with the latter.…

Jan

31

2020

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Shooting Of Armed Robbery Suspects: 4 Dead, Where Is 1?Here’s Account Of The Shooting

CRIMEAbia State Police command, armed robbery, crime, death, death sentence, kidnapping, killing

FAMOUS REPORTERS The shooting of four of the five armed robbery suspects in Umuahia, Abia State, on Wednesday, has sprung up a deluge of questions in the minds of some well meaning Abians, as they ask rhetorically about the whereabouts of the purportedly missing suspect. Famous Reporters recalls that the suspects, Precious Chukwuebuka Okoro ‘M’, Ogbonna Ifeanyichukwu JUSTICE ‘M’, Enyinna Asiegbu ‘M’, Promise Sunday Obilor ‘Alias Esere”M’, Emezuo Kimgsley ’Alias 'Pakins’ ‘M’ were on Tuesday, paraded at Police headquarters, in Umuahia, shortly after a press conference with the commissioner of police, CP Ene Okon.Reportedly, the dreaded notorious armed robbery gang…