The remaining kidnapped worshippers at the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Oke gan in Akure, Ondo State, have regained freedom after payment of a huge ransom. The Informant247 learned that the worshippers, who were abducted last Friday, were released on Thursday evening at a location in the state after a final negotiation for the ransom was…
Mathew Abo, the kidnapped Benue State Commissioner of Information, Culture and Tourism, regained freedom. The Informant247 reports that Abo was abducted by gunmen who invaded his house in Zaki-Biam on Sunday, September 24, 2023. It was learned that the kidnapped victim reunited with his family at about 1:00 a.m. on Thursday (today). A source close…
Taye Ajoke, a National Diploma student of the Nasarawa State-owned Isa Mustapha Agwai Polytechnic, Lafia, whom gunmen on Monday abducted, has regained freedom after her abductors collected a ransom of N300,000. The Informant247 reports that the student was abducted after heavily armed men attacked her residence, Ombi 1, two kilometres from the Polytechnic. The incident…
Paul Omotosho, the chairman of Ekiti State chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC), has regained freedom. It could be recalled that Omotoso and two others were on Saturday night, abducted while driving along Agbado Ekiti-Imesi road. According to Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO)in Ekiti, DSP Sunday Abutu, in a statement released on Wednesday, said…
The Kogi State police command have arrested two suspected kidnappers in the state The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP William Ovye Aya confirmed that the suspects were involved in the kidnap of the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Kogi East, Yahaya Shagari. Aya said, “The joint security operatives led by the Area…
The Nigerian military said that all the 23 remaining passengers held in captivity by Boko Haram terrorists, after an attack on Abuja to Kaduna train, have regained their freedom. The 23 remaining passengers in the attacked Abuja to Kaduna train have been released. Prof. Usman Yusuf, the Chief of Defense Staff Action Committee (CDSAC), in…
The operatives of the Police from the Issele-Uku Division in Delta State have apprehended one Onyeka Ozoh, 30, a suspected cultist, hiding in the community. A red coloured Toyota Camry with no registration number was recovered by the police from the suspect. The commissioner of Police of the Delta State Police Command, Ari Muhammed Ali…
Comrade Gabriel Abah, the Chairman of the Kundenda Industrial Area, Kaduna unit of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, has expressed concern over the activities of bandits who have abducted their members in recent time. He said over N5 million ransom to secure the freedom of their drivers. While granting an interview in…
A woman identified as Ramatu Yunusa with nine months of pregnancy, abducted at Damba area of Gusau, the Zamfara State capital, has reportedly given birth at the bandits’ camp. The Informant247 reports that she was kidnapped in the early hours of Tuesday, 28 day of June, 2022, at her Damba residence in Gusau, the State…
The Edo State Police Command has said one of the suspected kidnappers who murdered the parish priest of St. Michael Catholic Church, lkhabigbo, Edo State, Rev. Fr. Christopher Odia, has been killed. The state Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Jennifer Iwegbu, in a statement on Monday, said other members of the gang sustained gunshot…
The Police in Kwara State have secured the release of a 46-year-old tipper lorry owner, Alh Musa Atere, who was kidnapped in Ilorin on Tuesday. Ajayi Okasanmi, the command’s spokesperson said Atere was rescued from his abductors at a village in Oko Olowo area of Ilorin in the early hours of Wednesday without paying any…
