“In the course of interrogation, the defendant confessed to have conspired with Aminu Hassan and Barau Ahmed, now at large, to kidnap the child.”
“From the statistics so far, 85 per cent of people arrested come from one of the states in the South-East.”
Police in Kaduna State has foiled two kidnap attempts in Chickun and Igabi Local Government Areas of the state.
Gunmen had on Sunday abducted the journalist alongside other passengers in transit to Ughelli, Delta and demanded N5 million in ransom.
Five Chinese nationals were kidnapped during an attack on a gold mine at a village in South Kivu province, the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Mohammed Idris, Commissioner for Information and Strategy in Niger, has been kidnapped by bandits.
Evans said lied against himself after the police, in a bid to make him confess, extra-judicially killed four persons in his presence.
State Commissioner for Education said the state was making arrangements with NECO for the traumatised students to take their exams.
More students are still in captivity.
Bandits have kidnapped two Nigerian Army personnel on Maiduguri-Damaturu highway, Goni Masari area in Borno.
