Two members of a notorious kidnap syndicate Jato Abu Bello and Muhammad Suleiman have been apprehended by operatives of Ogun state police command over their roles in series of kidnap cases in recent time.
An impeccable police source told one of Punch correspondents that the kidnap was perpetrated by a gang of herdsmen that have been terrorising motorists along the 200km highway in recent times.
A video circulating over the social media space captures the moment a man who was impersonating a nurse in a bid to kidnap a baby at a public health center in Lagos State was caught.
He however, explained that the kidnap happened at Rumoji in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, and not in his domain (Delta State). "The incident actually happened in Rumoji in Port Harcourt and not in Delta State.
"This is to confirm the kidnap of two Catholic Rev. Fathers; Rev. Fr. Udo Peter of St. Patrick Catholic Church Uromi and Rev. Fr. Philemon Oboh of St. Joseph Retreat Center, Ugboha in Esan South East LGA of Edo State," the statement read.
A 25-year old Fulani kidnap-for-ransom kingpin, Ibrahim Umar, stunned people watching as he was being paraded among 15 others by the Nigerian Police, Tuesday.
Controversial journalist Kemi Olunloyo is under fire as fans of Laycon and lovers of Big Brother Naija Reality show blast her for using Laycon's picture while addressing the ongoing scheme to kidnap BBNaija personalities.
The Nomad Vigilante Group, a quasi-security outfit representing the Fulani community in Nasarawa State, has rescued a kidnap victim. Operatives of the group, under the leadership of State Commander Alhaji Akajo A.
A mortuary where bodies of kidnap victims are reportedly kept has been uncovered inside Elele-Alimini General Hospital in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State.
Another armed robbery and kidnap kingpin, who participated in the New Year attack in Omoku, Rivers State was on Thursday, been paraded at the Force Headquarters, Abuja.
Luck has ran out on a member of a notorious kidnap gang who stormed Mosogar in Jesse Town, Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State where he met his waterloo.
Speaking on the kidnap of the veterinary doctor, a source told the publication he was kidnapped while coming back to Kontagora from where he had gone to vaccinate animals in some villages.
Operatives of the Imo State Police Command Anti Kidnapping Unit led by CSP Oladimeji Odeyeyiwa have apprehended a notorious kidnap kingpin, Aralu Chukwudi Charis, 40yrs of Otolo in Nnewi North LGA of Anambra State.
Troops of the Nigerian Army deployed in the 1 Division Area of Responsibility in Kaduna State have successfully rescued 16 kidnap victims in the Kajuru Local Government area.