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Insecurity: Uproar as Terrorists Abduct Police Officer, Four Others in Edo
There was pandemonium in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State as kidnappers stormed the area and abducted no fewer than five persons, including a police officer.
DAILY POST gathered that abductions have become a daily routine in the Local Government Council to a point that the council authority and the traditional rulers imposed a curfew from 9p.m. to 6a.m. daily.
The first two were reportedly taken away at the Makeke Primary Health Centre, where the gunmen were said to have abducted Tope Oriloye, a female secondary school student and Samuel Ilesanmi, who had rushed his son to the health centre with his wife on February 8, while the other happened at residence of a Police Inspector, Segun Obanowa in Auchi from Uma/Imoga, where he was kidnapped alongside his wife and daughter.
His wife was, however, later released to go and arrange for ransom to free her husband and daughter.
The National Coordinator, Movement for the Advancement of Akoko Edo People, Bode Ekundayo, in a statement in Benin on Wednesday, said the kidnappers, who abducted Oriloye and Ilesanmi had already contacted the family, asking for N100 million ransom for both of them.
He said: “Daring kidnappers struck again in Akoko Edo, this time at Makeke village, less than a kilometre from Ososo in the eastern part of Akoko Edo, taking away a secondary school female student, Tope Oriloye and Samuel Ilesanmi on February 8, at the community health centre.
“In a similar operation in Auchi, kidnappers invaded the residence of Police Inspector, Segun Obanowa from Uma/Imoga in Akoko Edo and kidnapped him, his wife and daughter, later releasing his wife to go look for ransom to free her husband and daughter.”
The state police command also confirmed the incident.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced Morocco as winners of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
The CAF Appeal Board ruled in favour of Morocco, declaring that Senegal forfeited the AFCON final by walking off the field during the game.
Morocco were awarded a 3–0 walkover victory.
This decision upholds Morocco’s appeal following the chaotic events in the match.
DAILY POST recalls that the Senegal team briefly walked off the pitch in protest after a controversial penalty was awarded to Morocco late in regulation time.
They were called back to the field by their captain, Sadio Mané, and later won the game 1–0.
CAF determined that this action constituted a violation of Article 84, or the equivalent regulations concerning refusal to play or abandoning the field.
Under AFCON rules, a team that refuses to continue playing or leaves the field without authorization faces elimination and forfeiture of the match.
A total of three operatives of different security agencies in Anambra State collapsed during the inauguration of Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, on Tuesday.
The incident happened during the parade at the Dr Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka.
The three operatives are one male police operative, another male operative of the Directorate of State Services (DSS) and a female operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC.
The police operative collapsed first, followed by the NSCDC operative, who slumped towards the end of the event and was later escorted to an ambulance, after she refused to be moved in a stretcher.
A source said the police operative was later resuscitated, but was still not stable, and was taken in an ambulance to Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Amaku Awka.
The collapse of the service officers was attributed to fatigue and the long period of parade under harsh sunny weather.
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