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Road Crash Claims 12 Lives ln Nige

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7 months ago

February 22, 2025

At least 12 people, comprising four women and eight men, have lost their lives in an auto crash along the Lapai-Agaie road, Niger State.

An eyewitness told Daily Trust that of the four women who died, three were from the same family.

It was learnt that three other occupants, including two women and the driver, sustained varying degrees of injuries and were being treated at Lapai General Hospital.

According to Daily Trust, the crash resulted from a head-on collision between a Wemer passenger bus, carrying 15 people, and a trailer at Nami village on Saturday morning.

Speaking with Daily Trust from his hospital bed via telephone, the driver, Mohammed Baba, said he took off from Gwari Market Park in Minna, the Niger State capital, en route to Katcha, the headquarters of Katcha LGA.

He said the trailer driver attempted to overtake another vehicle, adding that his efforts to control the bus failed, resulting in the collision.

“I left the park at Gwari Market Park with 15 passengers this morning (Saturday). After we had passed Lapai, this trailer attempted to overtake another vehicle, and before I could control my vehicle, we had a head-on collision. And immediately, the trailer drivers left the scene. We didn’t see them again,” he stated.

The Niger State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Kumar Tsukwam, confirmed the accident to our correspondent on the phone but said his men were still at the scene of the accident to gather accurate reports.

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BREAKING: Bodies Of 8 Missing Policemen Recovered In Benue

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6 hours ago

September 22, 2025

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Lifeless bodies of the eight policemen who were declared missing after a deadly attack on security operatives at Agu Centre, on the border of Katsina-Ala and Ukum LGAs of Benue State, have been recovered.

Dr Justin Shaku, Chairman of Katsina-Ala LGA disclosed this to reporters in Makurdi on Monday.

According to him, “this brings the number of officers killed to 11 (10 policemen and one BSCPG)”.

The unfortunate incident occurred on Friday, when a team of security operatives came under the attack of armed invaders.

Three personnel were immediately confirmed dead while eight others were declared missing.

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Police Arrest Three Kidnappers Over ₦6.9m Ransom, Victim’s Murder

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6 hours ago

September 22, 2025

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Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested three suspected kidnappers who allegedly killed one of their victims after collecting N6.9 million ransom.

The Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Grace Iringe-Koko, confirmed this in a statement issued on Monday.

Iringe-Koko identified the suspects as Hassan Mohammed (20) of Wandigah Town, Mandagali, Borno State; Bello Abubakar (25) of Roundabout Maura, Sokoto State; and Yusuf Ahmed (23) of Hazari LGA, Bauchi State.

She said the arrests followed an investigation into the abduction of Humphrey Wagbara of Igwuruta-Atali.

According to the PPRO, the suspects also kidnapped one Mercy Chinyere on September 12, 2025, at the same location, where they also collected a ransom of N3,500,000 before releasing her.

The statement read, “On 26th August, 2025, the Rivers State Police Command received a distressing report, suggesting the kidnapping of one Humphrey Wagbara, m of Igwuruta-Atali.

“Operatives of the Command attached to the Anti-Cultism Unit (ACU), Emohua Annexe, acting on this information and in a daring and coordinated operation on 19th September, 2025, at about 0200hrs arrested three suspects at different locations in Obio/Akpor and Ikwerre Local Government Areas of the State in connection with the kidnapping of the victim.”

Iringe-Koko said during interrogation, the suspects voluntarily confessed to their involvement in multiple kidnappings in the State.

Among their past kidnappings are those of Onwuli Jude and Nwabueze Nchekwube on September 24, 2025, at School Road, Igwuruta-Atali, where they collected a ransom of N6,900,000 before killing the victim.

“Exhibits recovered from the suspects include one G-3 rifle with Breech Number 10398, one magazine, one Itel phone belonging to Humphrey Wagbara, a kidnapped victim, three short daggers, one jack knife and one stainless short knife,” Rivers police imagemaker said.

Iringe-Koko added that the suspects and exhibits remain in police custody while detectives track other fleeing members of the syndicate and search for additional weapons.

The Command said it arrested a 48-year-old man, Emmanuel George, for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl (name withheld) in Port Harcourt, the state capital.

According to Iringe-Koko, George committed the offence on September 6, 2025, after luring the minor while she was sent on an errand by her aunt.