Crime

The Untold Story of Osisi-Kankwu:  Igbo land’s most notorious kidnapper.

The Untold Story of Osisi-Kankwu:  Igbo land’s most notorious kidnapper.

There are kidnappers but the story of Obiọma Nwankwo, popularly known as Osisikankwu will always remain indelible in the history of kidnapping in Nigeria. His was a story of an obdurate fellow who recruited more than 3000 men into the nefarious job of kidnapping that terrorised the whole of Abia State especially Aba and environs, even down to Obigbo in Rivers State. If you had lived in Aba circa 2007- 2010, you would understand definitely what I am saying. It got so terrible that at a point that people living across Ariaria junction of Aba was sacked as the kidnappings…
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Ondo: A trader knifed to death by a soldier over cost of a carpet.

Ondo: A trader knifed to death by a soldier over cost of a carpet.

A 27-year-old trader was fatally stabbed by a supposed soldier on Saturday in Akure, the capital of Ondo State, over the cost of a carpet. After the event, which occurred in the Arakale neighborhood of Akure, some irate local business owners and coworkers of the deceased blocked off the area's main thoroughfares. Newsmen were informed by an eyewitness, going by only Chibuka, that the dispute began when the deceased attempted to stop the man from abusing and assaulting a fellow dealer who is a nursing mother over a carpet's pricing. According to him, the dead and the "customer" got into…
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In Ogun, father and his adolescent son beat female neighbour to death.

In Ogun, father and his adolescent son beat female neighbour to death.

In the Ogijo Area of Ogun State, a man named Chizoke Obiadada and his son, Michael Obiadada, have been apprehended by the police for conspiring to beat their neighbour Tope Owoade to death. This was revealed on Saturday in a statement that was signed by the state's police public relations officer, Omolola Odutola. The incident happened when the deceased begged Obiadada not to sit on a table that she used to sell cow skin, or "ponmo," according to the police. Consequently, the woman got into a battle with Obiadada and his son, who hurt her so badly that she passed…
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