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After collecting ransom, kidnappers keep P’Harcourt business woman *Abduct negotiator

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Kidnappers in Port Harcourt have increased the stake, by also abducting a man, who went to hand over a huge ransom demanded by some unknown gunmen, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

The gunmen, said to have stormed the shop of the victim, identified as Mrs. Tina Bobmanuel, and took her away from her shop in Woji, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state capital on Wednesday, November 22, and have refused to release her even after collecting ransom money, valued at N5.3million.

Rather than free the 58 year-old Bobmanuel, they reportedly detained one Samuel, who reportedly volunteered to act as the conveyor of the ransom, according to Charles Felix, son of the victim, who narrated the sad incident to reporters in the state capital, on Sunday.

He narrated how the four men, who were in police uniform, who carried out the operation, first acted as if they had come to arrest the victim, after which they revealed their true colours and unleashed heavy terror on those around the vicinity, before spiriting their victim away.

His words: “Four men, with two wearing police uniforms and armed with AK-47 rifles, stormed his mother’s shop in a white Honda Pilot car, at about 1:30pm on that fateful day. My mother’s husband, who is my stepfather, is the Managing Director of an oil servicing company here in Port Harcourt.

Narrating how the incident occurred, he said, an eyewitness told him that the gunmen, posing as police officers, walked up to his mother and informed her that she was under arrest, for an undisclosed offence.

However, a security man attached to the shopping mall, who was said to have demanded to know the name of the police station they came from and where they were taking the victim to, succeeded in getting the beating of his life, and was left to writhe in pain.

The identity of the abductors were later unveiled when one of them reportedly shouted, Where is the big money, indicating their real mission, and when told by the business woman that there was no money, reportedly ransacked her shop and allegedly carted away bags, wrappers, phones and two decoders.
To further demobilise the security man on sight, they were said to have hit him on the head, causing him to slump, before grabbing the victim and her aged mother who was said to usually at her shop to assist her daughter in her business.

They were said to have however let off the older woman after observing her frail nature, before grabbing her daughter and forcing her into the waiting vehicle and whisked her off to an unknown destination.

After a harrowing wait for four days, the gunmen reportedly made their first contact, demanding a whopping N100million, which they later reduced to N50million after the family begged them that they could not afford that much, and thereafter got the first payment of N1million and an additional $1,000.

Felix narrated further: “The gunmen contacted the family four days after and demanded for N100 million and when we told them we do not have that kind of money, they reduced it to N50 million.

“Few days later, they called and said they have reduced it to N15 million, urging us to be quick before they change their mind. Now they have also kidnapped my father’s staff, who went to pay the ransom. On December 1, 2017, my father’s staff was sent to give the gunmen N1million and additional $1000.

“When they called again on December 14 and insisted on the N15million, we pleaded that there is no money and that we could only raise additional N4million. They agreed to collect it and my father sent his staff, one Samuel, the same person that delivered that first amount.

“So, they told us where to drop the money. But when Samuel went, they collected the N4 million. Since then we have not heard from him. His two phones have been switched off. We believed they have also kidnapped him.

“All we are pleading is let them release her unhurt. The entire family is worried about her health. Samuel’s wife and a relative have also reported that her husband is missing to the company. We have also reported the incident at Woji Estate Police Station, as well as the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the Police in Woji.”

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EFCC: 58 Ex-Govs Embezzled N2.187 Trillion [Full List]

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According to the EFCC’s allegations, a significant number of former governors, totaling at least 58, have alleged to been involved in the misappropriation, embezzlement, or laundering of approximately N2.187 trillion over a span of 25 years.

This amount does not include properties seized worldwide or those currently being investigated, which amount to billions of Naira.

The amount of N2.2 trillion that was looted is similar to the combined budgets of Lagos State and the South-East states for 2024, totaling N2.25 trillion and N2.29 trillion respectively. This figure exceeds the budgets of the North-Central states and North-East states for 2024, which are N1.89 trillion and N1.60 trillion, by several billion.

The EFCC is currently investigating, probing, and prosecuting 58 ex-governors from various regions of the country. Since the restoration of civilian government on May 29, 1999, there have been at least 170 governors serving in the 36 states of Nigeria.

The 58 ex-governors who are currently or have previously faced investigations by EFCC, with alleged amounts in question, consist of:

late Abubakar Audu (N10.966 bn),

TA Orji and sons (N551 bn)

Yahaya Bello (N80.2 bn)

Chimaroke Nnamani (N5. 3 bn)

Sullivan Chime (N450 million)

Kayode Fayemi (N4bn)

Ayo Fayose (N6.9 bn)

Abdullahi Adamu (N15bn)

Danjuma Goje (N5bn)

Aliyu Wamakko (N15 bn)

Sule Lamido (N1.35 bn)

Joshua Dariye (N1. 16 bn)

Timipre Sylva (N19.2 bn)

Saminu Turaki (N36bn)

Bello Matawalle (N70 bn)

Lucky Igbinedion (N4. 5 bn)

Musa Kwakwanso (N10bn)

Peter Odili (N1000 bn)

Jolly Nyame (N1.64 bn)

James Ngilari (N167 m)

Abdulaziz Yari (N84 bn)

Godswill Akpabio (N100bn)

Abdul fatah Ahmed (N9 bn)

Ali Mode-Sheriff (N300bn)

Willie Obiano (N43 bn)

Ibrahim Dankwambo (N1. 3bn)

Darius Ishaku (N39bn)

Ramalan Yero (N700m)

Achike Udenwa (N350m)

Rochas Okoro ha (N10. 8bn)

James Ibori (N40 bn),

DSP Alamieyeseigha (N2.655bn)

Gabriel Suswam (N3. 111bn)

Samuel Orton (N107bn)

Murtala Nyako (N29bn)

Rashid Ladoja (4.7bn)

Christopher Alao-Akala (N11. 5 bn)

Abdulkadir Kure (N600m)

Babangida Aliyu (N4bn)

Abubakar Audu (N10bn)

Idris Wada (N500m)

Ibrahim Shekarau (N950m)

Adamu Aliero (N10bn)

Usman Dakingari and wife (N5. 8bn)

Attahiru Bafarawa N19. 6bn)

Jonah Jang (N6. 3bn)

Aliyu Doma (N8bn)

Tanko Al’Makura (N4bn)

Boni Haruna (N93bn)

Bindow Jibrila (N62bn)

Adamu Muazu (13bn)

Isa Yuguda N212bn)

Mohammed Abubakar (N8. 5bn).

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Dangote University explains how female student died in her off-campus apartment

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Tragedy struck on Thursday at the Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology, Wudil, Kano State, when a female student, Aishat Yahaya Olabisi, was found dead in her off-campus apartment.

Olabisi, a 300-level female student of Food and Science Technology, was said to have been found dead after she returned to her room from the school.

The deceased student was said to have written her first examination in the ongoing first-semester examination at the university on the fateful day.

One of the male students who spoke to PUNCH Online on condition of anonymity on Saturday blamed her sudden passing away on examination pressure.

“The deceased was hale and hearty before she went out to write her first examination in the ongoing first-semester examination,” the student said.

However, following reports in the media that the female student died in the university students’ hostel, the Management of the university clarified the misinformation.

In a statement by the Dean, Students Affairs of the university, Prof. Abdulkadir Dambazau, dated 3rd May 2024, refuted the media claims.

The statement titled “Clarification Regarding False Statement About Student’s Death” read, “It has come to our attention that a recent statement made by DLC Hausa and some media outlets regarding the discovery of a student’s corpse at the students’ hall of residence is entirely false. We wish to address this matter promptly and unequivocally refute these claims.

“On 23 April 2024, we received news about the untimely passing of Yahaya Aishat Olabisi, a diligent and bright student of ADUSTECH Wudil. Aishat spent her last evening engrossed in her studies, diligently preparing for upcoming examinations. The following morning after a shared breakfast with her roommate and a heartfelt conversation with her father, she expressed her intent to rest briefly before resuming her studies. However, destiny had a different plan.

“In the early afternoon of the same day, concerns arose when Yahaya Aishat Olabisi did not respond to attempts to reach her. Upon investigation, it was discovered that she had passed away in her sleep in her off-campus residence. Immediate measures were taken, and she was swiftly taken to the university clinic, where her passing was confirmed by medical professionals.”

The statement added that Olabisi’s remains had been transferred to the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital for postmortem analysis.

“Given the circumstances, her remains were transferred to Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital for postmortem analysis to ascertain the cause of her sudden demise. Meanwhile, her grieving parents, who hail from Ilorin arrived the following day to bid farewell to their beloved daughter.

“In honouring her memory and bidding her farewell, Aishat was laid to rest on 24 April 2024, surrounded by family, friends, and members of the academic community who mourned her loss deeply,” the statement added.

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Court Sentence FCMB Branch Manager to 121 years in Prison for embezzling Customers Funds

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FCMB is a leading financial institution in Nigeria has received a big shock of the year as one of its staff has been thrown to prison for fraud and embezzlement.

Justice S. Odili at the Anambra State High Court in Onitsha, Anambra State, sentenced Mr Nwachukwu Placidus, a bank manager at First City Monument Bank FCMB, Onitsha Anambra State to 121 years in prison for embezzling N112 million from a customer’s fixed deposit account.

The Honorable justices delivered the verdict resulting in the conviction and sentencing of a former manager at the First City Monument Bank’s branch in Onitsha, who has now been sentenced to a total of 121 years in prison for misappropriating fixed deposit funds totaling N112,100,000 from a customer for personal use. This is tantamount to a breach of trust by the former manager which has attracted a huge jail term.

 

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