Fri Feb 26 2021
Professor Aliyu Mohammed is the Head of Department Crop Production at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi. He was recently kidnapped and spent 25 days in the hands of his abductors. In this interview, he narrated his torments and the heinous acts he saw. Excerpts:
How were you abducted?
I came back home around 9:30pm, subsequently my son too came back and had parked his car and went out. I was charging my cell phone inside the car and I went to pick it up. It’s been my routine to check around before I go to bed in order to ensure all is well.
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By Kemi Olaitan
The Oyo State Police Command has arrested some members of criminal gangs involved in killings, kidnappings, and other atrocities in the Ibarapa area of the state.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mrs. Ngozi Onadeko, led other top police officers to parade the suspects and others arrested by men of the command in Ibadan on Wednesday.
The CP said, “On January 2, 2021, at about 1955hrs, some members of a notorious kidnapping syndicate who have been terrorising members of the public in the Ibarapa axis of Oyo State invaded Subawah Filling Station located along Idere Road, Igboora, with sophisticated firearms such as AK-49 rifles, cutlasses, and other dangerous weapons. In the course of the attack, the kidnapper shot indiscriminately in different directions, and in the process, two young girls who were later identified as Bababtunde Omowumi and Toriola Kudirat were hit by stray bullets and died on the spot.
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The Oyo State Police Command has arrested some members of a gang allegedly involved in killings, kidnappings and other atrocities in the Ibarapa area of the state.
The state Commissioner of Police, Mrs Ngozi Onadeko, led other top police officers to parade the suspects and others arrested by men of the command in Ibadan on Wednesday.
The CP said, “On January 2, 2021 at about 7.55pm, some members of a notorious kidnapping syndicate, who have been terrorising members of the public in the Ibarapa area of Oyo State, invaded Subawah Filling Station located along Idere road, Igboora with sophisticated firearms such as AK-49 rifles, cutlasses and other weapons. In the course of the attack, the kidnapper shot sporadically in different directions and in the process, two young girls who were later identified as Bababtunde Omowumi and Toriola Kudirat, were hit by stray bullets and died on the spot.