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...
Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra on friday directed the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital {NAUTH},Nnewi,management to free 12 indigent children treated of various ailments.Pressmen reported that Obiano visited the hospital to see a relation on admission and was compassionate after seeing the plight of the patients including amputees.A beneficiary of the governor's gesture,Mr Paul Ifemesi,said that they had been discharged but their parents and guardians could not offset the hospital bills.He commended the governor for the gesture as the bills run into thousands of naira.Sources report that indigent patients lined up at the entrance through which the governor went to the ward to see his relation.Mr Kris Nigige,Director of Information of the hospital,while confirming the Obiano's gesture,said that the beneficiaries plans had worked when they heard of the governor's presence.''Obiano came out and learnt they were indigent patients and ordered for their bills to be computed and posted to his account,'' he said.
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