A senior aide to lawmaker representing Delta North, Senator Ned Nwoko, has been killed.>>>READ FULL ARTICLES HERE
The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, confirmed this to newsmen on Tuesday.
The aide identified as Barrister Chris Agidy, was kidnapped by bandits in November 2023 alongside 19 persons.
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They were whisked away by gunmen from their homes in the Galadimawa area of Abuja.
12 of the abductees were killed.
However, the identities of the deceased was not clear as the lawmaker and the security operatives continued efforts to rescue the lawyer.
Confirming the killing on Tuesday, the FCT PPRO said the lawmaker’s aide was killed by one of the wanted notorious kidnappers terrorizing the country’s capital city, Samaila Wakili.
Wakili was arrested on February 24 at the Sardauna Forest, in the Toto area of Nasarawa State, by police operatives.
The FCT PPRO said the suspect, upon his arrest, “led police operatives to where the remains of Barr. Chris Agidy is”.
She noted that “the remains was recovered and deposited in Gwagwalada General Hospital”.
Ned Nwoko has been proposing a bill that will allow Nigerians to bear arms for self-defence following the spate of insecurity across the country.>>>READ FULL ARTICLES HERE
