NIDO writes Buhari, seeks justice for murdered US-based Nigerian
Published 11 March 2021
The Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation Americas has written to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), seeking justice for one of its members recently murdered by kidnappers back home.
The victim, Prince Dennis Abuda, was abducted on the Auchi-Benin road in Edo on Jan. 30, while returning to the US after visiting his home town of Fugar.
Four days later, the police found his decomposing body with bullet wounds on the Lagos-bound bypass in Benin after ransom was paid on him.
The kidnappers reportedly shot him dead after he slumped while being forced into the forest.
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Dele Ajayi has been returned elected as the Chairman of the Ondo State Football Association.
Ajayi, in an election that took place at the Ondo State Sports Complex in Akure, defeated his closest rival, Akin Akinbobola.
He won after polling 14 votes, with Akinbobola scoring seven votes, while one vote was voided out of a total of 22 votes.
Henry Akingboju failed to earn a vote, in spite of being a contestant with a voting right.
Ajayi later said the election would usher in a new dawn in Ondo State football.
He said he would work with all stakeholders to ensure that football moved forward in the state.
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The Edo State Police Command has confirmed the kidnap of three people at the National Institute of Construction Technology, Uromi, Esan North East Local Government Area of Edo State.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bello Kontongs, confirmed the incident and said the police were on the trail of the gunmen.
“It is true, three persons were kidnapped, two students and one staff. The police are after the kidnappers and we will get them,” he said.
The PUNCH learnt that gunmen on Wednesday night stormed the school abducting two students and a lecturer.
As at the time of filing the report, what led to the kidnap was unknown, while the kidnappers were yet to make contact with the school authorities or the family of those abducted.