Troops of the 3rd Amored Division Nigerian Army and Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) yesterday rescued 16 passengers kidnapped along Jos – Mangu road in Plateau State. This was contained in a statement signed by Samson Nantip Zhakom , the Media Information Officer Operation of OPSH and made available to newsmenContinue Reading
Police nabbed kidnapping gang of Father and Son in Plateau The end has come for a 60-year-old serial kidnapper, Usman Abubakar, and his 20-year-old son, Ishaku Usman, who specialized in kidnapping high-profile people in the country for ransom. He adopted the uncharitable business as his source of livelihood after realizingContinue Reading
Reports making the rounds have it that about 13 youths who went on hiking in Jos Plateau were wrongfully arrested and branded as kidnappers on Saturday 13th August 2022. The Plateau state command of the Nigerian Police Force reportedly arrested 13 youths that went for their routine weekend hike atContinue Reading
Troops of Operation SAFE HAVEN acting on credible intelligence have bursted and neutralized a notorious Gang of kidnap syndicate on the plateau. The syndicate has been on the watchlist of Operation SAFE HAVEN and believed to have masterminded the recent kidnap incidences on the Plateau. The syndicate is also believedContinue Reading
Gunmen have Kidnapped HRH. Da Gyang Balak Gut, the Da Gwom Rwei of Vwang District of Jos-south Local Government Area of Plateau State. AIT gathered that the Paramount Ruler was kidnapped on Sunday night on his way home to Vom, few meters from the Gate of the National Institute ForContinue Reading
Official statement from the command of Operations Safe Haven states that “While the Paramount ruler of Gindiri in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, Chief Charles Mato has been with his abductors, the commander OPSH, Major General Ibrahim Ali placed the troops deployed at Gyanbus on red alert andContinue Reading
Kidnappers of a Plateau State traditional ruler and paramount ruler of Pyem Chiefdom of Gindiri in Mangu Local Government Area, His Royal Highness Charles Mato Dakat who was kidnapped on Sunday morning, have placed a demand ransom of N500million for his release. A source in the traditional Council (name withheld)Continue Reading
The Police Command in Imo has rescued a 46-year-old kidnap victim, Mr Uzondu Kaka, after raiding a forest in Ehime-Mbano Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The rescue operation was disclosed by CSP Mike Abattam, spokesman for the Command. Abattam confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday in Owerri. Further, heContinue Reading
Plateau State Governor Simon Bako Lalong is full of praises and admiration to security personnel for their swift response that thwarted the attempted kidnap of four students at the Plateau State University, Bokkos. The attempted kidnap was said to have occurred on Monday night when gunmen stormed the off-campus studentContinue Reading
As Operation Safe Haven continue to work assiduously to achieve its mandate of restoring peace and security across its Joint Operation Areas of Plateau State, parts of Bauchi State and Southern Kaduna State in line with the directive of the Chief of Defence Staff to sustain tempo and momentum toContinue Reading