Kidnappers Kill Two Policemen, Abduct Four Canadians, Americans In Kaduna

Kidnappers have killed two Nigerian policemen and abducted two Americans and two Canadians in Kaduna state.

The foreigners were kidnapped on Kwoi-Jere Road in Kagarko Local Government Area on their way to Abuja from Kafanchan and Kaura.

They were ambushed around 7pm on Tuesday.

Kidnapping is rife in the Kaduna axis of the country and despite efforts by the police in flushing out suspects, it continues.

Kidnappers release victims, abduct those who came to drop ransom

For members of a notorious kidnap gang operating in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, nothing could go wrong, but Wednesday, October 12, 2016 was the day the long arm of the law caught up with them.

The nine members of the gang, who were apprehended by the operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team in a five-hour raid that day, said they were so efficient in their criminal operations that they once kidnapped four victims on the same day.

Reps ask FG to declare state of emergency on kidnapping

The House of Representatives on Wednesday called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on kidnapping in the country to curb escalating kidnapping cases.

It said the police, the armed forces and telecommunications service providers should also convene a national security summit to find urgent solutions to rising kidnapping incidents.