Gal Pissetzky, legal representative to international social media star, Ramon Abbas Olorunwa, popularly known as Hushpuppi, has accused the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation of kidnapping his client from Dubai. Hushpuppi who made headlines weeks ago is facing multimillion-dollar fraud and money laundering charges in Los Angeles. The Chicago-based top lawyer argued that the Dubai Police should have extradited…
The gunmen who kidnapped two-year-old twins of popular Oyo state Islamic cleric, Sheik Taofeeq Akewugbagold have contacted him and are demanding for £100, 000 ransom for their release. This is coming one week after the abduction from their home in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital. The cleric who disclosed the incident in a post on his Facebook page…
The wife of a popular Islamic cleric, Sheikh Taofeeq Akeugbagold, whose twins were kidnapped by Gunmen at their Ojoo residence in Ibadan has pleaded with the kidnappers and Oyo State Government on social media for the release of their two-year-old toddlers. In a video shared on Facebook, their woman who couldn’t hold back tears, revealed…
A Nigerian man has taken to social media to narrate how he was lured to Rivers State with a job offer and kidnapped. The user who goes by the name @iam_AbiodunB on Twitter revealed that he was released on February 22, after his family and friends paid a ransom. He further disclosed that one Ogbonna Emmanuel Valentine,…
A 15-year-old boy has allegedly staged his own kidnap and demanded the sum of N500,000 as ransom. The minor, who was paraded in Jos on Thursday, told newsmen that he initiated the plan with his friends in order to enable him to buy clothes and celebrate his graduation. “I was the one who initiated the…
Miss Umar, the district head of Daura in Katsina state, has reportedly been kidnapped by gunmen. Umar, a former customs officer, is reported to be the father of Fatima Musa, wife of Mohammed Abubakar, Buhari’s aide de camp (ADC). NAN reports that the kidnappers stormed his residence at 7pm on Wednesday and sporadically shot in…
According to reports reaching us via a tweet by Senator Ben Murray-Bruce, Senator Dino Melaye has been allegedly abducted by unknown gunmen. Murray-Bruce, one of the key allies of Mr Melaye tweeted this: Mr Melaye was among the 14 senators who defected from the All Progressives Congress on Tuesday. The controversial senator is facing separate charges…
The Lagos State Police on Monday obstructed a planned kidnap of a Deputy Comptroller of Customs, her brother, and her son. According to the police, the suspected kidnappers had reached out to Yisa Theophilus, the brother of the deputy comptroller, under the pretense of a land deal. The suspected kidnapper was identified as Yomi Odudare, who is…
According to reports, a man has been arrested in connection with a kidnap attempt on Lana Del Rey. The Guardian reported that the individual was arrested on Friday in Florida, and that he was armed when apprehended. Luckily, the police received a “tipoff about the kidnapping threat” from an unnamed source (via The Guardian), which led them to arrest…
Unknown gunmen have abducted eleven passengers in a bus on Ndele-Elele axis of East-West road, Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, Monday night. The victims were said to have boarded the vehicle at Rumuokoro in Port Harcourt, Obio/Akpor LGA, and were travelling to Ndele, Elele and Ahoada before the incident happened. Vanguard learned that…
