![]() Niger state Commissioner for Internal Security, Mr Emmanuel Umar, could not be reached for comment because his telephone lines were switched off. He named his two brothers as Saidu Saba Favu and Haliru Saba Favu while he gave the name of his son kidnapped as Rulwan Saidu Saba. Ismaila Saba a Special Assistant to the National President of the NUJ said two of his brothers and one of his sons were among those kidnapped. ![]() Two women, according to the source, were among the six people abducted by the gunmen.Ĭhairman of the Niger State Ministry of Information Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists Alhaji Ismaila Saba Favu, whose relations were affected confirmed the story to THISDAY in a telephone conversation. The unnamed football fan said to be Tiv by tribe reportedly ran into the gunmen who shot and killed him on the spot. 2 days ago &0183 &32 PARIS As bystanders screamed for help, a man with a knife stabbed four young children at a lakeside park in the French Alps on Thursday, assaulting at least one in a stroller repeatedly. It was in this process that Yakubu Ayuba described as a community leader and a mobilisation officer with the Kwali Area Council was shot dead. 2 days ago &0183 &32 A 31-year-old Syrian man with refugee status in Sweden whose name has not been publicly released was arrested in Annecy, France following the stabbing spree, which was captured on disturbing video. Thereafter, it was gathered that the bandits moved from house to house dispossessing the residents of their valuable property. THISDAY was told that the armed men invaded the town not too far from a Police check point at about 12.20 an and started shooting into the air sporadically. Yangoji borders a community in Lapai Local Government area of Niger state. One of those killed, Alhaji Yakubu Ayuba, was the community leader while the other a middle aged man was killed while returning home after watching the Manchester City Vs Real Madrid match which the English team won 4-0. He was airlifted to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, but a family friend said he is expected to survive.Two persons were killed and six others abducted by gunmen in Yangoji town in the Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Police say Dickey’s laptop was stolen and possibly some cash. Police searched the area and are working with businesses hoping to find surveillance video of the kidnapping. ![]() “I got out, when I got out of the vehicle, he said, ‘Please don’t hurt me.’ I’m assuming he thought that I was the suspects,” Winstead said. ![]() They left him in a cul-de-sac in Maiden hours later. Investigators say one suspect forced him to drive through Catawba County, while the other followed in an older model black pickup truck. When he woke up, Dickey saw two men outside his SUV with a gun. Editor’s note: This story has been updated to remove an inaccurate quote from police. He stopped to rest on his commute that morning down Interstate 40 at a rest station near the Catawba and Iredell county lines. Investigators say Dickey lives in Greensboro but works in Bessemer City. ![]() His throat was slashed and nearly a dozen stab wounds and cuts covered his body. “I saw a white male laying on his back covered in blood,” Winstead said. Maiden police officer Brandon Winstead was on a routine patrol around lunchtime Monday when he saw William Dickey, 62, lying on the ground next to his SUV. An officer found the bloodied man in the road in Maiden hours later. A Greensboro man is expected to survive after he was kidnapped at gunpoint and stabbed nearly a dozen times on his morning commute. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. ![]()
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