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...
According to Vanguard,a Nigerian drug convict in Cambodia,Presious Chineme Nwoko has had his hope for reprieve dashed.Nwoko,also known as Precious Max and linked with several Australian woman arrested for being his mules,was sentenced to 27 years imprisonment in 2014.His hope for reprieve was dashed by a Cambodian appeals court today tuesday.The court upheld his prison term,ruling that it was appropriate and in accordance with Cambodia law.The court also upheld the prison terms slammed on a French woman ,and Australian.The trio were all convicted for trying to smuggle heroin to Australia.Judge Pol Sam Ouen said the sentences given by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court in May 2o14 to then-19-year-old Frenchwoman Charlene Savarino,41 year old Ann Yoshe Taylor of Australia and 23-year-old Precious Nwoko of Nigeria were correct.The lower court had sentenced Savarino to 25 years in prison,Taylor to 23 years and Nwoko to 27 years.Savarino and Taylor were arrested in September 2013 at Phnom Penh International Airport after police found 2.2 kilograms {4.8 pounds} pf heroin in Taylor's luggage as they prepared to fly together to Australia.Nwoko,Savarino's boyfriend,was believed to have masterminded the smuggling and asked Savarino to make the arrangements.Cambodia is no a major producer of illegal drugs but has increasingly become a smuggling transit route.One more photo below.
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