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Six arrested for Kaduna-Abuja Road kidnapping

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Six notorious kidnappers terrorizing Kaduna – Abuja highway have been arrested. TheKaduna State internal security outfit, Operation Yaki, announced the success in Kaduna today. The suspects were picked up on Thursday 15th and Friday 16th June 2017 by Operation Yaki Surveillance Patrol Teams in a joint operation with the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Teams (IRT) and with the support from the Technical Intelligence Unit (TIU). The arrest of the kidnappers is sequel to the massive deployment of more police assets and patrol vehicles in the area in the last one week. These efforts led to the arrests of the suspects including the leader of the gang, Adamu Mamman, a 35-year old of Amana village in Igabi Local Government Area, Ali Rabo, also known as Blakky, of Liman Ibada village in Chikun Local Government Area and Awwalu Ahmad, aka Mota, of Rijana village in Kachia Local Government Area who is the main informant of this gang of kidnappers along the Abuja – ...

Funny things I did to arrest Evans, kidnap kingpin – Kyari, IRT boss

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Kyari told our correspondent on the phone that to avoid any delay due to the usual chaotic traffic situation on Lagos roads, he had to quickly jump on a commercial motorcycle from his Ikeja GRA location to Magodo GRA Phase II to arrest Evans, who he had earlier been informed by his men already deployed in the area, was making frantic preparations to leave his mansion very soon. He added that in the early hours of Sunday, “At about 1.30am, Evans and some of his gang members went out to a club around Ikeja and returned at 5.10am. So, we were very sure Sunday would be our day.So, I decided to go and cleanup myself and have a little rest before I returned to Magodo. I was still resting when my guys called that the target was set; that it appeared he wanted to go out. So, I had to take Okada from where I was, to meet up. “You won’t believe this, but it’s the truth. Do you know that when my surveillance team alerted me of the suspect’s presence at his Magodo mansion, I had no other option...

HAVE MERCY ON US, EVANS WIFE, UCHENNA BEGS NIGERIANS

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…I didn’t know he was into crime• …He took part in our daily prayers and always prayed Psalm 23• …His wealth should be sold off and given to his victims• …I didn’t know he was this rich, the highest he gave to me was N200,000• …Please, forgive him for the sake of myself and the children• By Emma Nnadozie, Crime Editor• The call was a surprise. And in the words of our Crime Editor, Emma Nnadozie “it was shocking but revealing and even pathetic.” The caller had said “hold on for Evans’ wife.” The female voice quickly pleaded to Mr. Nnadozie to call her back as she did not have enough credit. Nnadozie returned the call from Ghana and the caller told her story. Excerpts: My name is Uchenna Precious Onwuamadike, the wife of the Chikwudubem Onwuamadike who you call Evans. I am 31 years old. I got married to Evans at the age of 17 at Oraifite, Anambra state in 2004. He met me whi...