Sadly, most Nigerians will not read or appreciate this contribution because frankly it is beyond them.  Worst still, many of them, particularly in the younger generation, find it difficult to read more than three lines even though it is to their own shame and detriment. For those that have the gravitas, insight, foresight, profundity and intellectual virility […]

Kidnapping for ransom is a major problem in Nigeria, where gunmen have seized more than 250 school pupils in one of the largest mass abductions in years.

“CP has deployed an additional Tactical Squad consist of Quick Response Unit, Police Mobile Force, and Counter-Terrorism Unit, as well as conventional police personnel, to the area to continue with the bush combing and to ensure all victims are rescued unhurt.”

“You will discover that some of these crimes, particularly violent crimes, vehicle-related crimes, are connected. “You can’t have kidnapping, you can’t have some of these incidences without being mobile…”

“He called me when he reached Ajowa that he was coming, that he was hungry and I should prepare something for him. Ajowa to this place, I was not checking time, that it is not supposed to take more than one hour.”

“Governor Oyebanji said security is being stepped up across the state to flush out criminal elements from their hideouts.”

“These forms of insecurity have jeopardized the security and wellbeing of Nigerians, and have progressively deteriorated over the years.”

“Police arrest suspected armed robber, cultist and kidnapper in Ogun State. Ogun State Police Command, on 27th January 2024 at about 2.30 am, arrested one Abdul-Azeez Ibrahim, aka Butcher, in the Ijebu Ode area.”

“The troops also recovered 3 AK 47 rifles, 3 Magazines, 142 rounds of 7.62mm Special ammunition and 2 pairs of camouflage uniforms,” he said.

The violent abduction of five young Nigerian sisters near Abuja has sparked a national outcry and raised fears about insecurity in the country’s capital.

“The escalating violence and lawlessness in our nation deeply distresses me as bandits and kidnappers continue their reign of terror unchecked. Our youths and innocent citizens are being murdered daily.”

“On 30/12/2023 at about 1930hrs, a 23-year-old male (name withheld) parked his Black-colored GLK 350 Benz SUV along Jakpa Road leaving his brother (named withheld) inside the vehicle as he went about other activities.”

When the wife realised she had left her six-month-old baby behind, she asked to go back for the baby, and was escorted to the house by the female among the bandits. Now they want N50m ransom

An Ex-convict, Usman Garuba, and a 72-year-old informant, Suleman Abubakar, have been arrested alongside 60 others by the Ondo state security outfit, codenamed, Amotekun, for alleged kidnapping and other crimes.

The Sarkin Fulani of Kwara State, Alh Usman Adamu, his brother, and one Gidado Idris have been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin for conspiracy to kidnap and kidnapping itself.