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Gunmen Kidnap Abia Varsity Deputy Vice-Chancellor

Wendy R.

The Abia State Police Command, on Saturday, confirmed the kidnap of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics) of Abia State University Uturu, Prof. Godwin Emezue, while purchasing fuel at a filling station at Umuopara. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Maureen Chinaka, disclosed this in a statement issued on behalf of the state Commissioner of Police, Kenechukwu Onwuemelie. The statement read, “On 26/01/2024, at about 9.30 p.m., the Abia State Police Command received information that on the same date, at about 7 p.m., the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Uturu ABSU, ProfGodwin Emezue, while in the company of his wife in their vehicle, was abducted…

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Suspected Cultists Kidnap And Gang-Rape 14-Year-Old Girl In River

Wendy R.

Two suspected cultists, Precious aka Pere and Chidebere aka B2K, allegedly abducted a 14-year-old girl and gang-raped her in the Mile 3 area of Diobu in Port Harcourt, the state capital.   The incident occurred at about 10am on Wednesday, December 20, 2023, near a three-storey building located at National Street Mile 3.   A source who pleaded anonymity told Punch that the hoodlums accosted the girl at a lone part of the road on National Street and showed her an object that looked like a gun before whisking her away.   “One of the bad boys raised his clothes…

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Gunmen Kill One, Kidnap Seven On Lagos-Ibadan Highway

Wendy R.

Some gunmen dressed in military uniform allegedly kidnapped seven persons along the Fidiwo axis of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Monday just as one person was shot dead while escaping the attack. A source who does not want his name in print told PUNCH Online that the vehicle conveying the victims was accosted by the armed men who fired sporadically, abducted seven passengers, and escaped with the kidnapped victims into the bush along the expressway. Our correspondent gathered that a female passenger in another vehicle who witnessed the attack and attempted to flee was shot by the armed men, leaving her…