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Only two, not 20 people were kidnapped along Abuja-Kaduna highway – Police

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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Kaduna State Police command, on Friday, denied reports in some section of the media that  20 people were kidnapped on Wednesday along Abuja-Kaduna express way. It said rather, only two persons were kidnapped while three others were robbed. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Agyole Abeh said this at  a news conference in Kaduna. “The Command wishes to state that, there was no report of such incident and the story is entirely a fabricated falsehood intended to create fear in the minds of citizens. “It is pertinent to note that command has not relented in acting on reports on the suspected activities of criminals in the state.” The commissioner, who was represented by his deputy in charge of operations Abdulrahaman Ahmed, said the command had only  recorded an incident where five persons driving along Kaduna-Abuja express way were attacked and three of them were robbed while the other two were kidnapped. “When the report reached us the Command’s t...

Video: Immovable vehicle has killed 575 people

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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J This video exposes the danger behind leaving ones child in a vehicle.  It was gathered that over 575 people have lost their lives as a result of vehicular suffocation. The kid seen in this video suffered suffocation as a result of vehicular heatstroke. As our constitutional social responsibility, Vanguard advises parents, guardians and drivers not to leave their child inside their vehicle no matter what or how important what they are chasing is. The post Video: Immovable vehicle has killed 575 people appeared first on Vanguard News . Vía Vanguard News http://ift.tt/2sLPTSY

Kidnappers abduct 20 people along Abuja-Kaduna road

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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J About 20 people were abducted by gunmen along Abuja- Kaduna expressway on Wednesday. Those abducted were on their way to Kaduna when they were forced to stop at about12: 30pm. The armed men ordered the travellers to come down from their vehicles and herded them into the bush near Akilibu village. A relation of one of the victims told newsmen that the news of the abduction was brought to them by a driver who escaped from the gunmen. He said about eight vehicles were stopped and all the passengers and the drivers were asked to disembark and ordered to walk into the bush. He said the kidnappers were yet to establish contact with the families of the abductees. “The driver said they were stopping vehicles as they were coming from Abuja in what appeared like an armed robbery operation. “He told us it was after they stopped that they realised the passengers of the vehicles ahead of them were not in their cars,” the relation was quoted to have said. The source said...