8. Igbonla School kidnapping
For 64 days, beginning from May 25, 2017, six students of Igbonla Model School, Epe, Lagos, where held hostage by kidnappers who demanded millions of Naira as ransom. After the payment of N37 million ransom, the six were released in Ajakpa community of Ese-Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State on July 28, 2017.
Several months later, on November 28, the militants who kidnapped the were reported to be among some youths who surrendered their arms to embrace the amnesty programme of the Ondo State Government.
9. The Imo State Vampire
In March, the remains of a notorious armed robber/serial killer who is blamed for killing more than 200 people since he began operation and was declared wanted in year 2013 was paraded. The 200 victims of Henry Chibueze, also known as Vampire include his girlfriend and eight of her family members.
The police claimed he also confessed to the killing of a Malaysian expatriate and a member of the Imo State House of Assembly at Orji in 2015, including the kidnap and murdered of a traditional rulers’ wife from Mbaise whose corpse has not been found till date.
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