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The victims were reportedly kidnapped during an attack in the Gusau area in February of this year.
According to reports, 60-year-old Maigadi was attacked by the hippopotamus while he was fishing in Yauri River at Tillo Village in Yauri LGA on Sunday, September 22, 2024.
Edo Election: Tinubu advises aggrieved candidates to go to court, congratulates Okpebholo
The call comes following the announcement of Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of Saturday’s election.
The spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, September 22, 2024, said the suspect was nabbed while attempting to board a Qatar Airlines flight to Iran via Doha with 76 wraps of cocaine in his stomach on September 15.
Military Public Information Officer, Operation SAFE HAVEN, Major Samson Nantip Zhakom, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday said the suspects, Matawal Bitrus and Thomas Benedict, were arrested while trying to sell ammunition amounting to N5m.
Okpebholo won in 11 local government areas out of the 18 local government areas in the state, while Ighodalo won in the remaining ones.
According to reports, the confrontation began when angered students, frustrated by the strict enforcement of exam regulations, started hurling stones at the teachers.
At polling unit 11, Ward 06 in Oredo Local Government Area, Benin City, Ighodalo secured 41 votes, while Akpata, the former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), garnered 32 votes.
Reports indicate that the attackers used improvised explosive devices (IEDs) around 2 a.m., causing another blackout in Maiduguri and its surrounding areas, security analyst in the Lake Chad area, Zagazola Makama reports.
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Joe Igbokwe has revealed that he no longer drives his car or go everywhere due to the prevailing economic…