Police confirm abduction of Sterling Bank’s Operations Manager in Bayelsa

<p>“Though the joy over the newborn is tainted with sadness, the family is clinging onto hope that spirited Nigerians and government to the missing placenta and serve justice on those involved,” the grandmother said.</p>, <p>Also speaking, the paternal grandmother of the baby, Mrs Funmilayo Ijanusi, said that the report by the hospital officials that a dog entered the facility and stole away with the placenta was unacceptable.</p>, <p>“We warned her to relocate for some time because our intelligence report showed that she was being monitored to be abducted,” he stated.</p>, <p>SP Chidi Nwabuzor, Public Relations Officer of the Edo State Police Command, confirmed the arrest to NAN in Benin.</p>, <p>DSP Toochukwu Ikenga stated this in a press release, adding that nine girls who were found in the brothel have been rescued and would be taken care of by the state government before being repatriated to their states of origin.</p>, <p>DAILY POST also learnt that she was warned to be vigilant and not let down her guard until the state government has approved the seizure of the building owned by the arrested kidnappers.</p>, <p>They were said to have been lured from various states, including Ebonyi, Enugu, Akwa Ibom and Rivers State.</p>, <p>Following the victims’ report of the incident at the Ologbo Police Division, operatives were immediately dispatched to the scene, where Osahon Omofuma, 38, and eight others were arrested, Nwabuzor stated.</p>, <p>According to her, the command secured 57 convictions, while 39 cases are still pending in court. Disclosing that 99 drug users were counselled by the command, she worried about the involvement of students of institutions of higher learning in drug abuse.</p>, <p>Bayelsa State Commissioner of Police, Romokere Ibani, confirmed the incident during a press briefing at the command’s headquarters.</p>, <p>The Kwara State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it has arrested 225 suspected drug traffickers and seized 809, 200 kilograms of illicit drugs sinc