Away from the grandiose promises of politicians in these testy times of electoral campaigns in the midst of insecurity, let’s just pause for a moment and consider how parts of our country came to look like Libya where warlords determine life expectancy. I am not aware that any of the leading presidential candidates has shown Read More…
Kidnapping
Female serial kidnapper nabbed by Lagos police for suspected kidnap of 2 kids
A 28-year-old female serial kidnapper has been detained by police in Lagos State for allegedly abducting two children. In a statement released on Sunday in Ikeja, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, spokesman for the police, confirmed the arrest. According to him, the suspect abducted a boy aged three in Lagos and a boy aged seven in Oyo Read More…
DIG inspects Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, calms travellers’ fears about kidnappers
DIG Johnson Kokumo, who is in charge of Force Criminal Investigation Development (FCID), told drivers and other people using the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Friday that they were safe. Following frequent incidents of kidnapping and robbery of unwary travellers in recent years, Kokumo provided assurance during his inspection visit to the route. On the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Read More…
Lagos police rescue teenager
A teenager named Emmanuel Adeleke was freed from his kidnapper by the Lagos State Police Command. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the command’s spokesperson, made the statement on his verified Twitter account on Wednesday. The youngster, who is between the ages of 11 and 14, was reportedly rushed to the hospital for treatment because he was disoriented. Read More…
Dethroned Lagos ‘Baale’, 1 other slammed 15 years jail term each for faking own kidnap
A dethroned ‘Baale’ (Chief) in Shangisha in Magodo area of Lagos State, Mutiu Ogundare and his brother, Opeyemi Mohammed were sentenced by an Ikeja High Court on Tuesday to 15 years imprisonment each for faking an own kidnap. The court had on June 15 discharged and acquitted the third defendant, Ogundare’s wife, Abolanle. Justice Hakeem Read More…
Evans, accomplice bag another 21 years for 2nd kidnapping case
Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike alias Evans was on Monday sentenced to 21 years imprisonment by an Ikeja Special Offences Court, in a second case of the kidnapping of a businessman Sylvanus Ahamonou and collecting 420,000 dollars as ransom from his family. His accomplice, Victor Aduba, an ex-soldier was also sentenced to 21 years imprisonment on a four-count Read More…
Woman Set Ablaze For Snatching Baby Dies in Lagos
Toyin, a suspected female ritualist who was rescued from being executed by an angry crowd who caught her during an alleged attempt to snatch an eight-month-old baby in the Ebute-Metta area of Lagos State, has died in the hospital. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, who confirmed the development, said Toyin was Read More…
Police arrest child trafficking suspect after rescue from mob
Lagos State Police say they detained Ayomide Fawehinmi, a 22-year-old man for attempted child trafficking. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos, who confirmed the arrest in a statement on Monday, said the suspect had been rescued from a mob in Empire Area of Surulere. Hundeyin said police operatives attached to Surulere Read More…
Kidnapper Evans sentenced to life imprisonment
After a four-year trial, kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike alias Evans, on Friday got life imprisonment for conspiring with two others to kidnap Mr Donatius Dunu, Chief Executive Officer, Maydon Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Justice Hakeem Oshodi of an Ikeja High Court, who passed the sentence, said that Evans and two others did not show any remorse during Read More…
Kidnapped AVM Smith regains freedom
Retired AVM Sikiru Smith who was kidnapped by yet-to-be-identified gunmen, has regained his freedom, the police said in Lagos on Saturday. Police spokesman in Lagos State, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, confirmed the development when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He did not mention where Smith was released; where he is currently or Read More…