kidnappers

A staff of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency identified as Mr. Ngor has been killed by suspected kidnappers in Barkin Ladi, Plateau state. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the kidnappers collected N200,000 ransom from his family members…
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Kidnappers who abducted a 60-year-old farmer identified as Nyieda Kpeenu have contacted the family of the kidnap victim, demanding N16million to set her free. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that Kpeenu was abducted from her house at Nweol…
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Tension in Kaduna community as a policewoman, her daughter and four others were abducted by suspected kidnappers at Janruwa, Patrick Yakowa way area of Kaduna metropolis. According to eyewitnesses, the incident happened in the late hours…
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Two notorious kidnappers have been arrested by men of the Rivers state police command during a sting operation carried out on Tuesday, July 14. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the Rivers state police…
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A bill that prescribes life jail, as against the current 10 years maximum sentence, for kidnappers has been passed by the Senate. And an amendment to the criminal code which is currently in operation in the southern part of Nigeria is…
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Three children, two girls and a boy who were stolen from their families since June 2019 are still with the Nigeria Police Force after being rescued by officers from kidnappers. According to the police, they are currently in search of the…
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Two suspects have been arrested by the police operatives of the Intelligence Response Team for the kidnap and murder of a Medical Doctor, Audu Benedict, his son and one of his associates in Katsina-ala LGA, Benue State while travelling from…
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Suspected cultists who kidnapped one Patience Emmanuel, a 20-year-old undergraduate in Bauchi State have told her parents that they didn’t need ransom but the victim’s virginity. The victim’s parents had been distraught over her…
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Operatives of the IGP Intelligence Response Team (IRT) in collaboration with the Bayelsa State Police Command, with the aid of technical intelligence generated from the IGP Technical Intelligence Unit (TIU) have arrested the ringleaders of…
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Barely 24 hours after the state Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Bishop Joseph Masin was abducted by unknown kidnappers, the sum of N20 million has been demanded as ransom by his abductors. WITHIN NIGERIA had earlier…
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Two siblings aged 5 and 10 who were abducted from their home in Abakaliki at gunpoint have beeb rescued by the police command in Ebonyi. This was disclosed by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mrs. Loveth Odah while…
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A yet-to-be identified white man who was kidnapped in Owerri, the capital of Imo State has been rescued by a task force group in Rivers state. The kidnap victim was rescued in Egbelubi Ndashi, Etche by a task force group constituted by…
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Twins of popular Oyo Islamic cleric, Alhaji Taofeek Akewugbagold have been released barely 8 days after they were abducted. The abducted twins were released barely 24 hours after the abductors demanded for £100,000 which is equivalent to…
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Days after some 400 level students of the University of Port Harcourt were kidnapped on April 7, they have been found dead in Eleme, Rivers state. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the victims identified as Joy Adoki Nelson Nwafor and Fortune…
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Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed a 15-year-old son of a Bauchi state medical doctor identified as Rilwanu Sadiq depsite receiving N4.5 million ransom from his distraught father. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the deceased…
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No fewer than three people including an aged man identified as Pa. Ojeogwu have been abducted by suspected kidnappers in Obior, Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta state. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the aged man's son identified…
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