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Tag: Kidnap

Bandits Kidnap Students in Kaduna, Two Soldiers Feared Dead
5Jul By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
News, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism

Bandits Kidnap Students in Kaduna, Two Soldiers Feared Dead

Bandits in the early hours of Monday attacked another school in Kaduna, whisking away an unspecified number of students. They attacked Bethel Secondary School in Maramara, Chikun Local Government Area on the outskirts of the Kaduna State capital. Kaduna Police Command could not immediately confirm the number of students abducted. It however said a joint security team comprising the Police, Army and others rescued 17 of the abducted students. The Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Muhammed Jalige said: “Yes, I can confirm to you that there was an incident at the school but the joint security team comprising the Police, Army and others have rescued 17 students. “We cannot say this is the number of students kidnapped for now. As soon as that information is av...
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BREAKING: Bandits Abduct Female Students in Kebbi
17Jun By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
Crime, News, Nigeria, Violence

BREAKING: Bandits Abduct Female Students in Kebbi

Gunmen have abducted several female students of Federal Government Girls College Yawuri in Kebbi State. The bandits broke into the school premises on Thursday afternoon in police mufti, The Nation learnt. “They pointed a gun at the school guards and asked them for the girls’ hostels. “Before you know what was happening the bandits invaded the school and started abducting female students,” a source confided. Details shortly…
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Gunmen Kidnap Pupils from Islamic School in Niger State
31May By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
News, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism

Gunmen Kidnap Pupils from Islamic School in Niger State

Scores of pupils were yesterday abducted from Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School, Tegina, Niger State. The Niger State government and the Police Command, which confirmed the incident, did not specify the number of the pupils that were kidnapped. Residents however, put the number at over 200. The Islamic school, located near the Tegina Police Station in Rafi Local Government Area, was established by a retired immigration officer. Yesterday’s abduction came barely 24 hours after the 15 Greenfield varsity students and three members of staff were released by their abductors after collecting N180 million and eight motorcycles. The Greenfield varsity students were released after spending 40 days in the custody of bandits. The raid on the Islamic school also came some months after th...
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Kidnapped Anambra Commissioner Ezewanne released — Police
4Apr By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
Breaking News, News, Nigeria, Press Statement, Safety, Security

Kidnapped Anambra Commissioner Ezewanne released — Police

The Anambra Commissioner for Public Utilities, Mr Emeka Ezenwanne, who was kidnapped on March 31, has been released, the state Police command has confirmed. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that Ezenwanne was kidnapped by some gunmen, after a gun battle that led to the death of three police personnel. The kidnappers had invaded the venue of an interactive session between an All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) governorship aspirant, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, and youths at Isuofia civic centre. Confirming his release in a statement, on Sunday, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, the command’s spokesman, said Ezenwanne was released in safe condition in the early hours of Sunday. “The police, military and other security agencies had mounted an intense search and rescue effort, which had ...
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