A newlywed bride was abducted on her way to her matrimonial home in Niger State. Daily Trust gathered that bandits struck when the victim’s family members were taking her from Allawa Community in Shiroro Local Government of the state to her matrimonial home in Pandogari town, Rafi Local Government Area. The attackers, in a […]
A traditional ruler in Plateau state, Diket Gupiya, who was abducted by gunmen a week ago has regained his freedom. It was learnt that Gupiya who was the paramount of Pushit district in Mangu Local Government Area was released on Friday night after spending one week with his abductors . The PUNCH had reported […]
Justice Hakeem Oshodi of the Lagos High Court in Ikeja, on Friday, sentenced Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike (alias Evans) and two others Uche Amadi, and Okwuchukwu Nwachukwu to life imprisonment for kidnapping a businessman, Donatus Dunu. Evans and five other defendants — Uche Amadi, Okwuchukwu Nwachukwu, Ogechi Uchechukwu, Chilaka Ifeanyi and Victor Aduba— were arraigned in […]
An Ikeja High Court, Lagos, presided over by Justice Hakeem Oshodi has declared Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike (alias Evans) and two others guilty of kidnapping. Vanguard had reported that the premises of Ikeja High Court, Lagos, was under tight security as Justice Oshodi was currently delivering judgment in the conspiracy and kidnapping charges brought against Chukwudimeme […]
Tension has again enveloped the Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State following the kidnap of a traditional ruler, Diket Gupiya, by gunmen. Gupiya is the paramount ruler of Pushit District, the country home of the state deputy governor, Sonny Tyoden. Gupiya’s abduction is coming barely two months after Charles Mato, the Sum Pyem, […]
A pregnant housewife, Jamila Ardo, has been remanded for allegedly kidnapping herself and collecting a ransom from her lover. Ardo, who hails from Wauru Jabbe in the Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa State, allegedly abducted herself and collected the sum of N2m from Mallam Adamu Ahmed of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. […]
Justice Rita Pemu, a presiding judge of the Court of Appeal, Owerri Division, has escaped kidnap attempt on Monday along Azia-Orsumoghu-Ihiala. This was disclosed in a statement by the Secretary of the Nigeria Bar Association, Owerri Branch, Chinedu Agu. The statement said the judge was traveling to Owerri from Benin City and was kidnapped […]
Jephthah Robert, cousin of former President Goodluck Jonathan, who was kidnapped on January 24, has been released by his captors. Robert, who spent 14 days in the kidnapper’s custody, was abducted in front of his residence at Biogbolo-Epie suburb of Yenagoa, the state capital. Austin Ekeinde, a media aide to the victim’s younger brother, […]
The remaining kidnapped Bethel Baptist High School student who was held in the kidnappers den, has allegedly refused to return to his family and expressed that he was now comfortable staying with the terrorists. However, the member of the Christian Association of Nigeria ( CAN) who took the ransom demanded by the terrorists was […]
Billionaire Kidnapper Evans: Family of late Chiemeka Arinze to sue prisons Alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, at an Ikeja Special Offences Court, denied kidnapping a businessman, Sylvanus Ahamonu and collecting a 420,000 dollar ransom from his family. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Evans is standing trial alongside an […]
