A coalition of civil society organizations operating under the platform of the Edo Civil Society Organizations (EDOCSO) has accused the Nigerian army of complicity in kidnapping and various acts of criminality in Edo state.  According to a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of the coalition, Osazee Edigin and obtained by Crimefacts.news, the group alleged thatthe […]

Gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers Friday night, stormed the residence of a former Vice Chancellor (VC) of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, Prof. Abdullahi Mustapha, and abducted four persons. The suspected kidnappers also shot and injured an ABU hunter, during their operation. Those kidnapped at the ex-VC’s house, located at Hayin Malam, in Zangon Shanu […]

At least, one person has been confirmed dead in an attempt to kidnap Dr. Mike Dio-Jen, the Provost of Taraba College of Education Zing, at his residence in Jalingo. The incident which occurred in the early hours of Friday, at the Green Beach area of Kona ward, in Jalingo, saw a gang of kidnappers attack […]

High profile kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Bala Wadume was being transported to Abuja on August 6, 2019 after he was arrested by a tactical police squad on a covert operation.  Without the slighted warning, a team of soldiers from the 93 Battalion of the Nigerian Army based in Takum, Taraba State attacked the police officers with […]

Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested one Stanley Onoriode Ekemaye, described as a “notorious kidnap kingpin” who allegedly masterminded the abduction of Justice Chioma Nwosu-Iheme, a judge with the Benin Division of the Court of Appeal. Nwosu-Iheme was kidnapped on October 30 after being trailed from Ramat Park end of the […]