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BENIN CITY – THE newly posted Commissioner of Police to Edo state, Mr Philip Ogbadu yesterday read the riot act to criminals as he vowed to crush their activities and maintained that his target is to ensure kidnapped victims are rescued within four hours. Ogbadu stated this when he visited the Edo State Council Secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) where he was received by the leadership of the union led by its Chairman, Sir Rolland Osakue. He said “In the past five days,...

Share The Edo State Police Commissioner, Mr. Philip Ogbadu, on Tuesday said that his target in the state is to ensure that kidnapped victims are rescued within four hours while also reading riot act to criminals, asking them to leave the state. Ogbadu, who made the disclosure during a visit to the Edo State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), however, assured that the command was on top of the security situations in the state and warned criminals to relocate from the state. He, h...

Vanguard News Security: group rues insecurity in Edo, killing of US based Prince On By Ozioruva Aliu AS the security situation in Edo state continue to deteriorate with the reported killing of three suspected armed robbers in a gun duel with the police shortly after they killed a businessman and robbed several passersby, a socio-political group, Afenmai  Patriotic Development  Association (APDA), made up of sons and daughters from Edo North Senatorial District has condemned the recent kidnap...

Murder of American-Nigerian: Empower local vigilante, Edo govt told On By Kingsley Omonobi The Afenmai Patriotic Development  Association (APDA), a Socio-Political group of all Afenmai people Worldwide has condemned in very strong terms, the kidnap and subsequent gruesome murder of High Chief Dennis Abuda,  an American-based Afenmai son who came home to Nigeria during the festive season to celebrate with his family and friends. Consequently, the Association has advised the Edo State governme...

Vanguard News Nigerian roads where kidnappers unleash mayhem On …Say forest in S/W taken over, reveal locations in Lagos, Ogun …Community connivance By Evelyn Usman The rising incidence of kidnapping has assumed a ubiquitous trend in Nigeria. Almost on daily basis, Nigerians are inundated with news of the abduction of unsuspecting persons, in different parts of the country. From the North to the South and the East to the West, the story is the same! These unscrupulous elements spring out f...

Nigeria: Kidnappers Contact Families of Passengers Abducted On Benin-Auchi Road 24 December 2020 The Kidnappers, who abducted passengers of an Abuja-bound bus along the Benin-Auchi Road on Tuesday have contacted the families of the victims for ransom before they can be released. A source, who is close to one of the families of the abductees disclosed that the family members were already looking for money to pay the ransom and have their relations released from captivity before the yuletide. The...

Daily Post Nigeria Published 1. Former Minister of State for Education, Professor Jerry Agada is dead. Agada was confirmed dead on Tuesday morning at the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Makurdi, Benue State, aged 68. 2. The Government of Anambra State has suspended the activities of all night clubs in the State from Wednesday, December 23, 2020. According to the State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr C.Don Adinuba, the ban will last for one month, and would help stop close...

Welcome To Ladun Liadis Blog Wednesday, December 23, 2020 Gunmen abduct ‘several passengers’ along Benin-Auchi road Some gunmen on Tuesday abducted all the passengers in an Abuja-bound commercial bus along the Benin-Auchi road in Edo State, it has been claimed. The incident reportedly happened around 11 a.m. between the Ehor and Iruekpen axis of the busy highway. A commuter, who identified himself as Idris Audu, said the kidnappers struck at a failed portion of the road and abducted all the...

Punch Newspapers Sections Adeyinka Adedipe, Benin THE Edo State Police Command has said it has not been briefed about development relating to the abduction of passengers on Tuesday along the dreaded Benin-Auchi Road. The suspected gunmen kidnapped unspecified number of passengers after attacking an Abuja-bound commercial bus travelling from Benin between Ehor and Iruekpen. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Chidi Nwabuzor, said he had not been briefed of the development when he was cont...

Share The Kidnappers who abducted passengers of an Abuja bound bus along the Benin-Auchi Road on Tuesday have contacted the families of the victims for ransom before they can be released. Tribune Online was informed by a source who is close to one of the families of the abductees that the family members were already looking for money to pay the ransom and have their relations released from captivity before the yuletide. The source added that besides the 14 passengers who were kidnapped in the s...