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Travellers Kidnapped On Kogi Highway
Suspected bandits on Saturday abducted several travellers along the Isanlu–Makutu–Idofin road in Yagba East Local Government Area of Kogi State after setting up a roadblock.
Residents said the gunmen blocked the road for hours, stopping cars and forcefully taking passengers into the forest.
“We don’t know the exact number of people kidnapped. What we heard is that about three vehicles ran into the ambush and almost everyone in them was taken, except one person,” a resident, Enimola Daramola told journalists.
He added that later in the evening, soldiers and local vigilantes followed the attackers into the forest and exchanged gunfire with them, which led to the rescue of some victims.
The spokesperson of the Kogi state Police command, CSP William Aya confirmed the attack.
“There were three people in the vehicle. One person, Raji Adesukami, managed to escape, while the other two were taken away by the kidnappers,” he said.
Aya added that the Commissioner of Police has deployed special police teams, including the Quick response unit, Anti-Kidnapping squad and the Police mobile force, to rescue the victims and secure the area.
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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