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Two killed as gunmen kidnap ex-Rep in Delta

5 months ago1033 min

Two police orderlies attached to former House of Representatives member Joan Onyemaechi and her driver are feared dead following an attack on Tuesday evening in Asaba, the Delta State capital. PUNCH Metro gathered that the gunmen stormed her church, King Jesus and I, located on Ogajifo Street off DSB Road. They shot two police orderlies and her driver before abducting the former lawmaker and her children. Sources in the area reported that a stray bullet...

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BREAKING: Gunmen Abduct Former Delta Commissioner In Church, Kill Two Orderlies

5 months ago1132 min

Mrakpor had resigned her appointment to enable her younger brother to contest the chairmanship election of Aniocha South Local Government Council. Former Delta State Commissioner for Higher Education, Joan Mrakpor has been kidnapped. SaharaReporters learnt that the armed men who kidnapped the former commissioner reportedly killed two police orderlies attached to the former commissioner, leaving others with bullet wounds. Mrakpor had resigned her appointment to enable her younger brother to contest the chairmanship...

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Gunmen kill four policemen, PoS operator in lmo

5 months ago874 min

Gunmen on Monday evening killed four police officers on a stop-and-search checkpoint along the Owerri-Onitsha road in Imo state. An eyewitness who claimed to be a resident of Irete in Owerri West Local Government Area of the state told PUNCH Metro on the condition of anonymity that fear couldn’t allow him and others to ascertain how many civilians were also shot. He said, “The gunmen stormed one of the popular hotels where the police checkpoint...

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Confusion as gunmen abduct Sokoto monarch

5 months ago1034 min

Suspected gunmen believed to be bandits on Sunday kidnapped Sarkin Gobie, the traditional ruler of Gatawa District, Sabom Birni Local Government Area, one of the troubled areas in the Eastern senatorial zone of the state. When contacted on Monday, the spokesman for the Sokoto State Police Command, Assistant Superintendent of Police Ahmed Rufai, confirmed the abduction of the traditional ruler, but could not provide details on how the abduction took place. Rufai said the command...

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Gunmen kill four police officers, PoS operator in Imo

5 months ago1174 min

Gunmen on Monday evening killed four police officers at stop and search checkpoint along Owerri-Onitsha road in Imo state. An eyewitness, who claimed to be a resident of Irete in Owerri-west Local Government Area of the state, said fear couldn’t allow him and others to ascertain how many civilians were also shot. He said, “The gunmen stormed one of the popular hotels where the police checkpoint was mounted at Irete around 6:30 pm and shot...

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Gunmen attack customs base, kill officer in Kebbi

5 months ago5154 min

Gunmen suspected to be hoodlums have reportedly attacked a Nigeria Customs Service patrol base in Koko, Kebbi State killing one officer and abducting one other in the process. A press statement made available to newsmen on Sunday evening by the Public Relations Officer, Kebbi Area Command, Mohammed Tajuddeen Salisu, said the incident occurred on Thursday. “With deep regret, we announce a distressing incident which occurred at our Koko Besse patrol base on Thursday, July 25,...

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Gunmen kill inspector in Borno police station attack

5 months ago1013 min

Some unknown gunmen in the early hours of Sunday, July 28, 2024, killed an Inspector of Police (name undisclosed) during an attack at the Jakaan Police Station, Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State. “We recorded a foiled attack by unknown gunmen at the police base in Jakana town. The gunmen tried to infiltrate into the police parameters but the efforts of the Police Mobile Force attached to the police station in Jakana were able...

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Gunmen attack Okada rider, chop off hand

5 months ago1153 min

Gunmen, on Wednesday, attacked a 50-year-old Okada rider, Sikiru Muritala, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital in an attempt to snatch the machine, and chopped off his hand. Investigations by PUNCH Metro revealed that the incident happened at Saribi in the Akinyele Local Government Area of the state around 9 pm, and all efforts by the men of the underworld to snatch the bike were unsuccessful. Speaking with our correspondent on his hospital bed at...

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Gunmen kidnap six in Anambra community, collect N76m ransom

5 months ago866 min

Tension has gripped residents of Dubai Estate near the office of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Awka, the Anambra State capital, as gunmen have kidnapped no fewer than six persons in the area in less than three weeks. PUNCH Metro gathered that out of the six victims abducted, three persons had been released after the payment of about N76m ransom to the yet-to-be-identified kidnappers. Residents of the area told our correspondent in separate interviews...

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Gunmen kill 300-level Ondo varsity student

5 months ago995 min

A 300-level Linguistics student of Adekunle Ajasin University, simply known as Emmanuel, was on Sunday, shot and killed by gunmen in one of the private student hostels in Akungba Akoko. A student who pleaded anonymity disclosed to our correspondent that the deceased was shot in the room. “It happened last night, the victim was shot while on his bed, in his room,” he said. PUNCH Metro in a telephone interview with the Ondo State Police...

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