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...
The Nigerian Federal Government has urged parents and guardians to monitor the activities of their children and wards in order to prevent them from being recruited by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria {ISIS},which has now resorted to targetting vulnerble individuals,including foreign students,using financial inducements to recruit them into the terrorist organisation.In a statement issued in Abuja today monday,the Minister of Information and Culture,Alhaji Lai Mohammed,cited the recent recruitment into ISIS of 27 medical students of the University of Medical Sciences and Technology {UMST} in Sudan as an example of new strategy being used by the organisation to recruit more members.The Minister,quoting a report received by the Nigerian Intelligence Community,said 22 of the 27 students,who travelled to Syria to join ISIS,are Britons.''According to the report,the students were recruited by one Mohamme Fakhri Al-khabbas,a former UMST student from Middlesborough,United Kingdom.Many of the students are children of reputable doctors in the UK.Their Social Media accounts also revealed them as praising Jihadists and championing ISIS cause,'' he said.Alhaji Mohammed therefore appealed to Nigerians,especially those who have children and wards in foreign academic institutions,to pay more attention to their activities,while urging schools across the country to enlighten their students on the new ISIS recruitment strategy.
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