The Kwara State Police Command said that it rescued a suspected child kidnapper from being lynched by a mob in Ilorin, the state capital on Friday. In a statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, on Saturday, the command said that it rescued an unidentified adult male who was apprehended for child kidnapping. The statement read, ‘The …

The kidnappers of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics) of the Abia State University (ABSU), Uturu, Prof Godwin Emezue, have been arrested. Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, revealed this during his monthly media chat with journalists at Government House, Umuahia on Friday. He said the leader of the gang was picked up at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, while trying to …

The Delta State Police Command said it has killed a suspected kidnapper, arrested one and rescued a victim at Abraka. In a statement yesterday, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Deputy Superintendent Bright Edafe said: “On 11/06/2023 at 2109hrs, operatives of Abraka police station led by the DPO Fabian Ayameh, while on routine patrol on Campus III Road, Abraka, Ethiope East …

The Kano State Police Command has arrested three suspected kidnappers — Idris Abdullahi, Tukur Yusuf, and Ilyasu Aminu — for attempting to kidnap a man and his son in Yarimawa village, Tofa Local Government Area of the state. The State Commissioner of Police, Muhammed Usaini Gumel, who spoke to journalists, on Tuesday, said the kidnappers stormed the home of one …