The arrest took place on February 24, 2024, around 7:05 pm in Sardauna Forest, Toto, Nasarawa State.

According to SP Josephine Adeh, the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, Samaila Wakili Fafa is the subject of a N20 million bounty placed by FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike. This arrest marks a significant breakthrough in the ongoing efforts against banditry in the FCT and its surroundings.

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In an official statement released on Tuesday, the police disclosed, “The suspect confessed to his involvement in several kidnappings, including the abduction and subsequent killing of Barr. Chris Agidy, the legal aide to Senator Ned Nwoko, and Mr. Sunday Yahaya Zakwai, the district head of Ketti Village.”

The Commissioner of Police FCT, CP Benneth C. Igweh, reiterated the police force’s unwavering commitment to combat crime and ensure the safety of residents. Investigations into the matter are ongoing, with the recovered remains of Barr. Chris Agidy being deposited at Gwagwalada General Hospital.

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Operatives of the IGP Special Intervention Squad (SIS) and the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) have swung into action toward investigating and conducting efforts to locate and rescue the kidnapped director in the federal housing authority, identified as Mr Aondo Ver.

Sources told Vanguard that as news of his kidnap said to have occurred between the hours of 12.30 and 1 am on Thursday, filtered out, the Special Intervention Squad and a military detachment patroling Bwari and Kubwa general area communicated jointly and investigation had commenced.

A source said there were some forests located near Bwari, one in Niger State and another towards the Kaduna axis which security operatives were monitoring to see if the kidnappers were heading that way with the victim or not.

The bandits were said to have abducted the director in the wee hours from his home, which is located not too far from a military camp/post in an area of Bwari known as Pambara.

Sources said that after successfully breaking into the home of the director in the estate and bringing him out of his home, and realizing that their activity had attracted the attention of some neighbours, they started shooting sporadically in the air making residents scamper into hiding before whisking the victim away through a nearby bush.

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Some residents said the location of the military camp was a bit far off from Pambara extension estate where the kidnap incident took place noting that before they could get to the camp, the bandits had escaped with the victim in the opposite direction.

The residents said incidents of bandits/Kidnappers attacks had been on the increase in the area and called on the FCT administration to deploy more mobile security personnel to conduct regular patrols in the area.

The estate is said to be home to several retired military personnel and civil servants while some serving uniformed personnel also live there.

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In a distressing incident, kidnappers have demanded a hefty N100 million ransom for the release of five pupils and four staff members abducted from Apostolic Faith Group of Schools in Emure Ekiti.

The victims, taken on Monday, were on their way home when gunmen intercepted the school bus just five minutes from the school.

The principal, Boje Olanireti, confirmed the ransom demand and revealed that the perpetrators shot the bus’s tire, forcing the children and staff to disembark. The kidnappers selected five students and four staff members before releasing the others.

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The parents, unable to afford the ransom, are desperately seeking assistance from security agencies.

The incident adds to the growing wave of kidnappings across the country, posing a significant challenge for security forces.

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There was a heated gunfire exchange on Thursday as police officers rescued an Abuja resident, Segun Akinyemi, who was kidnapped just as he was driving out of his home.

The kidnappers were taking Akinyemi from Abuja to Kano State when the police swooped in on them, according to the Kaduna Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan.

He said on January 18, 2024, operatives attached to Kawo Divisional Headquarters, Kaduna, received a distress call of a kidnapping incident from Abuja.

He noted that they were alerted that the culprits and their victim were transiting through Kaduna.

Hassan said, “The Operatives, at about 0010 hours, blocked a grey Toyota Hilux van with registration number Abuja RBC 90 DC, carrying four passengers, the driver inclusive, suspected to be the vehicle conveying the kidnappers and their victim.

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“On sensing danger and in an effort to escape, one of the kidnappers fired at the Policemen, and they responded accordingly. In the resulting gun duel, the victim, a certain Segun Akinyemi of block 10, flat 2 FCDA quarters Area 3 Garki, Abuja, was rescued, and one of the kidnappers, a 28-year-old Chinaza Philip of Life Camp Abuja, was arrested.”

The police spokesman further noted that the three other suspects who escaped are being trailed, adding that the vehicle belonging to the victim, two Retay G17 model pistols, one Beretta pistol, ten 9mm P.A.K ammunitions, and five 9mm special ammunition were recovered from the kidnappers.

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He said preliminary inquiries revealed that the victim was abducted on January 17, 2024, by the kidnappers just when he was leaving his home situated at the aforementioned address.

He said the three escaped suspects were; Chidibere Nwodibo of Life Camp, Abuja, one Auwal surname unknown, and the gang leader whose identity is yet to be ascertained.

The kidnappers were transporting their victim to Kano before they were intercepted by the Police.

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The Commissioner of Police, Kaduna State Police Command, A D Ali, while commending the Operatives for the brave feat, still tasked them to continuously go after criminal elements in the State.

He called on the members of the public to avail themselves of security agencies’ hotlines for any distress call requiring a prompt response.

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