Tag: Kidnapping
Nigeria now world’s capital of kidnapping — Saraki
Former Senate President and presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Bukola Saraki, has described Nigeria as the world’s capital of kidnapping.
Saraki...
Evans: Co-defendant jailed five years for selling firearms
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Friday sentenced Frank Udeme, one of the co-defendants of the convicted billionaire kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, to...
4th Ekiti traditional ruler escapes kidnapping
The Atah of Ayede-Ekiti, Oba Afeleye Orisagbemi, narrowly escaped death in the hands of suspected kidnappers on Sunday.
Oba Orisagbemi is the fourth Ekiti State...
Court sentences Evans, 2 others to life imprisonment
An Ikeja Special Offences Court has sentenced kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike (alias Evans), and two others to life imprisonment for conspiracy and kidnapping.
The court...
Native doctor gets life imprisonment for kidnapping, raping girl in Lagos
The Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court sitting in Lagos State has sentenced Prince Tom, a 35-year-old native doctor, to double life imprisonment...
Pastor: I got N1.5m for kidnapping Catholic priest
A pastor, Izuchukwu Anoloba (35), has been arrested along with others for the abduction of a Catholic priest, Fr Fidelis Ekemgba.
Father Ekemba, who is...
How Evans’ co-defendant died in Kirikiri prison, by Counsel
Mr. Ogedi Ogu, counsel to Chiemeka Arinze standing trial alongside alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike alias Evans, on Monday gave more details about Arinze’s death in the Kirikiri...
