TROOPS ARREST SUSPECTED KIDNAPPER, RECOVER AK-47 RIFLE ALONG BENIN–SAPELE ROAD. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE
TROOPS ARREST SUSPECTED KIDNAPPER, RECOVER AK-47 RIFLE ALONG BENIN–SAPELE ROAD Troops of 4 Brigade Nigerian Army, Operation WABAIZIGAN, have arrested a suspected kidnapper and recovered an AK-47 rifle and ammunition during a targeted operation along the Benin–Sapele Road in Ikpoba-Okha LGA of Edo State. The suspect, identified as Olamide Oyeniyi, was arrested on 12 September 2026 at Obaretin Community by troops conducting operations to disrupt criminal activities and safeguard major transportation routes within the area. Items recovered from the suspect include one AK-47 rifle, one magazine and eight rounds of 7.62mm Special ammunition. Other items recovered are one Tecno mobile phone, two bags, one torchlight, one music box and assorted charms. The suspect and recovered items are currently in troops’ custody for further investigation, while efforts are ongoing to establish his links to other criminal elements and determine his possible involvement in kidnapping and related activi...
Deputy Director,Civil Litigation in the Kaduna state's Ministry for Justice,Mr Irimiya Samson,made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria {NAN} in Kaduna.Samson explained that the development became necessary,following incessant cases of rape,partiicularly of minors,being recorded daily in the state.He noted that current penalty for rape in the Penal Code was very light,as such it was important to make the law more strict to curtail the ugly trend.He said ''The incidences of the rape have become very rampant in the state.It is particularly disturbing that the offenders are mostly elderly men whose victims are toddlers minors within the age range of three to six.In curbing this abominable act,the state government has decided to invoke a stiff punishment for offenders in the child right law.As such,when the bill is passed,anyone caught ould remain behind bars for life.Similarly,exposing children to obscene materials like phonographic content has also been criminalised.Offenders would be imprisoned or made to pay fine of N500,000 for individuals and one to five million for companies,plus a two-year ban.The proposed law also de-emphasis detaining or locking up children for juvenile offences,having realised that detention do not help the children in anyway.What the law proposed in place of detention is community service,which in all sense could instill some level of discipline in juvenile offenders.Education was also covered in the law,making it mandatory for every child to acquire basic education''.
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