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Nine persons kidnapped in Kwara, police rescue 7
No fewer than nine persons were kidnapped at two different locations in Kwara central and Kwara South respectively at the weekend, while the police rescued Seven out of the victims.
Two of the victims, including a woman, are still with the kidnappers while the police were still making frantic efforts at press time to rescue the victims and possibly arrest the kidnappers.
The two incidents occurred in Olla near OkeOnigbin in Kwara South in the morning, while the second kidnap happened in the evening same day at Sokosi village near Alapa in Ilorin South area of Kwara South.
Vanguard reliably gathered that at OkeOnigbin, Saturday morning, one Mr Olujala Adegboja while returning from his farm was abducted by six fully armed men and led into the bush.
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Spokesman of Kwara State police command, Ajayi Okasanmi who confirmed the development to journalists in a statement in Ilorin on Sunday said,”Efforts by a combined team of policemen, vigilante and hunters are still ongoing to liberate the victim and possibly arrest the abductors.”
The police Spokesman who said the second kidnap incident happened in Lafrcdeen Pure water factory at Sosoki village near Alapa outskirt of the state capital in Ilorin South later same day said seven fully armed gunmen speaking different languages stormed the company and kidnapped Eight workers including the owner, a woman Alhaja Fatimah Nurudeen and took them to the bush.
Okasanmi said the Manager of the company, who escaped the kidnap Mr Hadi Balogun reported the incident to the police.
Okasanmi said combined efforts of the police with local vigilantes resulted in the rescue of seven out of the eight victims, stressing that, “the command is getting close to rescuing the remaining victim who happens to be the owner of the factory and possible arrest of the kidnappers.”
As the yuletide season is fast approaching, and people are looking for a shortcut to get huge money to celebrate Christmas, he urged residents in the state to be careful of who they share their movements with.
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Okasanmi said,”The command wishes to advise the good people of Kwara State to always be conscious of whom they share vital information about their movements with and to be security conscious at all times especially at this period when the year is running to an end.
“Everybody including the good and the bad ones would want to celebrate Christmas and new year with pockets filled with money, even as they have no explainable means of livelihood.
“The Command will not relent in her commitment in ensuring that the good people of Kwara sleep with their two eyes closed at night and also ensure the peace and safety of the people before, during and after the yuletide.”
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200,000 repentant terrorists surrender, drop arms in North East – CDS
200,000 repentant terrorists surrender, drop arms in North East – CDS
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has disclosed that about 200,000 repentant terrorists have so far dropped their arms and surrendered to troops in the North East, noting that the twin strategy of kinetic and non-kinetic operations was responsible for this achievement.
The CDS made this known at the Security and Justice Symposium organised by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) in collaboration with the British High Commission, which began at the National Counterterrorism Centre in Abuja on Tuesday.
He disclosed that the theme of the symposium, ”Securing Peace, Ensuring Justice, Protection, Conduct, and Accountability,” speaks volumes about the deluge of security challenges the armed forces and security agencies are facing.
His words, “All the challenges we are facing today have to do with fairness, equity, justice, and accountability.
“There will not be peace without justice, equity, fairness, and accountability. In our operations, we are conducting both kinetic and non-kinetic strategies, which have to a large extent yielded significant successes, and we want to particularly thank the National Security Adviser for his great support in this regard.
“Nigeria is going through so many challenges, and we feel we’re able to address this, and everybody has a sense of belonging. A lot of the security challenges we are having, we are sure, will go down. I want to thank the National Security Advisor for all the support he’s given us, both the kinetic and the non-kinetic.
“We have said it; the kinetic aspect is just less than 30%. The non-kinetic has a lot to play. The non-kinetic, because when you have democracy, people must have the evidence of democracy. As long as it tells people to sleep well and be peaceful, and they are hungry, their children cannot eat, and all this creates more problems.
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“The issue of informants. We have to look at how we tackle this issue of informants. Because these are the people who have created the issue.
200,000 repentant terrorists surrender, drop arms in North East – CDS
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Robbers kill two members in shoot-out with Delta police
Robbers kill two members in shoot-out with Delta police
The spokesperson for the police in Delta State, SP Bright Edafe, has confirmed the death of two robbery suspects in the state.
Mr Edafe, who disclosed this to journalists on Tuesday in Warri, said that the deceased were killed from the bullets shot by their gang members.
According to him, the incident occurred on Wednesday at Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of the state.
Mr Edafe explained that the deceased were leading the police surveillance team attached to the Ekpan Division to their hideout when they were caught during a shoot-out.
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“The suspects were arrested at Effurun roundabout with a bag containing 57 live cartridges and other items. They were leading the surveillance team to their hideout at Warri/Sapele road when their gang members, on sighting the vehicle of the police team, engaged them in a shootout.During the gun duel, the arrested suspects that were leading the police team were fatally wounded by the gun shot of their colleagues. The two injured suspects were taken to the hospital and later died while receiving treatment,” he said.
Mr Edafe said that items recovered from the hoodlums hideout included: one English pump action gun, one locally made cut-to-size gun and eight live cartridges.
Others were: six iPhones, Smart phones and a Rolex wrist watch.
He said that the command had intensified manhunt on the fleeing members of the gang.
Robbers kill two members in shoot-out with Delta police
(NAN)
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