Sentences with phrase «by kidnappers in»

Aftermath of increasing incidents of high profile abductions and the subsequent demands for huge ransom by kidnappers in the country, many lawmakers have decided to stop the use of their official vehicles and number plates for fear of being identified and abducted.

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Though my guards bustled me about rapidly to keep me from becoming a sitting target for kidnappers, they did take me for an hour's walk on the Lido, one of the most beautiful strands of fine - grained, wave - washed white sand I've ever seen, lined by formerly luxurious villas, not one of which had retained four intact walls or glass in their windows.

Were the Islamist terrorists and kidnappers of Boko Haram in Nigeria impressed, or frightened, or persuaded to change their evil ways by British Prime Minister David Cameron holding up a «#BringBackOurGirls» sign on a TV chat show?

The five of the suspected kidnappers were paraded by the police in the state, on Tuesday after their arrest.

Mustafa was convicted in Manhattan federal court in 2014 of supporting terrorist organizations by ensuring there were satellite communications for kidnappers during a 1998 attack on tourists in Yemen.

Recall that Million was once declared wanted by Lagos State former Commissioner of Police, Umar Manko, in December 2012, after he led a four - man gang of kidnappers to abduct former Majority Leader of Lagos State House of Assembly, Tofeeq Adeniji, in Lagos, and took him through the rivers to Delta State, where he demanded N30 million as ransom.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi said, the Police have begun a manhunt for the kidnappers of eight students and staff of the school by gunmen.

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered that the fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, also known as Evans against the Nigeria Police Force will proceed.

Akeredolu said he never believed the kidnappers could be hibernating in Ondo creeks until he was told about a month ago during the National Economic Council (NEC) Meeting in Abuja by Osinbajo, and later Governor Ambode, while he immediately deployed his deputy, Mr Alfred Agboola who is from the riverine areas in Ondo, to take up the matter.

A statement by Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 6 div, Col Aminu Iliyasu said, «In the early hours of Monday, 20th November, 2017, as part of the continued efforts to rid the Niger Delta of criminals and acts of criminality, troops of 6 Division Nigerian Army, based on a tip - off by some patriotic citizens, raided the camp and shrines of a notorious militant, cultist, kidnapper and ardent illegal oil bunkerer, Mr. Igwedibia Johnson, (aka «Don Waney»), who has been terrorising the peace - loving Omoku community in particular, as well as the entire people of Rivers and Bayelsa StateIn the early hours of Monday, 20th November, 2017, as part of the continued efforts to rid the Niger Delta of criminals and acts of criminality, troops of 6 Division Nigerian Army, based on a tip - off by some patriotic citizens, raided the camp and shrines of a notorious militant, cultist, kidnapper and ardent illegal oil bunkerer, Mr. Igwedibia Johnson, (aka «Don Waney»), who has been terrorising the peace - loving Omoku community in particular, as well as the entire people of Rivers and Bayelsa Statein particular, as well as the entire people of Rivers and Bayelsa States.

A group under the auspices of Birnin Gwari Emirate Progressive Union in Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna State has raised the alarm that the area is currently under siege by armed bandits, rapists, cattle rustlers and kidnappers camping within the forest of the area.

The Police said «serious efforts are in progress by IRT operatives deployed to Kaduna are on unrelenting follow up against the remaining killers and kidnappers on the run.»

Giving details of the arrest in a statement, the Police said, «Sequel to the kidnapping of Mr. Ubani Onyeama 64 years, a production manager in Niger Delta Petroleum Resources based in PH by unknown gunmen in Woji, Port Harcourt on Saturday 16th October 2017, a ransom call was made to the hostage's company demanding N100million which was paid to the kidnappers despite not getting a proof of life.

It read in part, «I wish to inform you that the 2017 Science Vacation Course which had earlier been scheduled to hold between July 24 and August 25, 2017 will no longer hold due to the security in the country, especially the recent threats by kidnappers.

According to the Force PRO, «The IGP's Intelligence Response Team (IRT), working in synergy with the Tactical Intelligence Unit (TIU) of the Nigeria Police Force in a joint operation supervised by AIG Kayode Aderanti, AIG Zone 2, Lagos successfully smashed the notorious kidnap gang and arrested four (4) vicious kidnappers who are active members of the gang».

The government in a memo to all the permanent secretaries in the six educational districts in the state blamed «security situation» and «threats by kidnappers» for the decision.

«The first suspect, Morris Ashwe 36 yrs Native of Mbajima Village Katsina Ala LGA Benue State confessed and admitted to have been supplying firearms and ammunition to the notorious and most wanted vicious and notorious gang leader of militia, murderers and kidnappers Terwase Akwaza aka Ghana who was declared wanted by the Nigeria Police Force for the merciless killings of several innocent persons and wanton destruction of properties worth Millions of Naira, at ZakiBiam in Benue State on 20th March, 2017 and for other violent crimes such as Culpable Homicide, Mischief by Fire and Criminal Conspiracy and the killing of Mr. Deneen Igbana (late) the Special Adviser on Security to the Governor of Benue State.

«Kaduna State is in a state of war and annexation of its lands by armed bandits, kidnappers, Armed robbers, political thugs and gangsters.

«Few days after the incident, the victim was found dead in a river, he must have been killed by the kidnappers because one of them was caught and killed.

The Muslim Congress (TMC), has condemned what it called «senseless» killings in some parts of the country, especially by Boko Haram, herdsmen, kidnappers, cultists and armed...

A female kidnapper who hypnotized a teenage girl was on Sunday beaten and stripped naked by a mob in Lagos.

A suspected kidnapper was on Tuesday arrested and beaten to pulp by members of Gwer East Community Joint Task Force (CJTF) in Aliade area of Benue...

A statement issued in Yenagoa by the council's President, Mr Ade Bakare, said the kidnappers broke into Okokingho's house around 8.45 p.m. on Tuesday and abducted her.

In Manda Bala (Send a Bullet), Kohn's subjects include a plastic surgeon whose practice is dominated by the victims of kidnappers who lost their ears to their captors; a political figure who uses his frog ranch as a cover for illegal business operations which have made him a multi-millionaire; and an auto customizer whose specialty is bullet - proofing luxury cars.

Synopsis: When rancher and single mother of two Maggie Gilkeson (Cate Blanchett) sees her teenage daughter, Lily (Evan Rachel Wood), kidnapped by Apache rebels, she reluctantly accepts the help of her estranged father, Samuel (Tommy Lee Jones), in tracking down the kidnappers.

The movie started with the Expendables in a predicament, being followed and attacked by Nepali kidnappers after saving a Chinese business man...

The movie started with the Expendables in a predicament, being followed and attacked by Nepali kidnappers after saving a Chinese business man and Trench (Arnold Schwarzenegger).

As the unbreakable Joy «Ma» Newsome, Larson and her son (Jacob Tremblay), trapped by her kidnapper (Sean Bridgers), engineer a daring escape after seven years of captivity in a locked garden shed.

-- the kidnappers are led by Karim (Idir Chender), no longer a kid and eager to trade Cal for the release of someone who... let's just say the list of atrocities this person's committed in the name of Palestine has made him notorious.

As you might imagine, she imposes some discipline common in the outside world such as limiting TV time (Old Nick, the kidnapper rapist, played by Sean Bridgers, supplies the room with TV and VCR as well as food, books, and the occasional game) and exercising with the lad upon arising.

The Black List screenplay, written by David Scarpa, centers on the 1973 kidnapping in Italy of J. Paul Getty III — the rebellious teenage grandson of oil billionaire J. Paul Getty, who was reluctant to pay the $ 17 million ransom demanded by the kidnappers.

In the room, the slight boy, Alton (Jaeden Lieberher, «St. Vincent») sits between two beds wearing night - vision goggles but shows no emotion as he is abruptly put in the back seat of a 1972 Chevelle by two older men who look like kidnappers in a big hurrIn the room, the slight boy, Alton (Jaeden Lieberher, «St. Vincent») sits between two beds wearing night - vision goggles but shows no emotion as he is abruptly put in the back seat of a 1972 Chevelle by two older men who look like kidnappers in a big hurrin the back seat of a 1972 Chevelle by two older men who look like kidnappers in a big hurrin a big hurry.

The movie opens seven years after a woman, having helped a man find a dog that he said was lost, was captured and put in a single room in a shed from which she could not escape as it is sealed by a door governed by a code known only by the owner - kidnapper.

Among the high - profile premieres this year are «Antz,» the new Dreamworks animated film; James Ivory's «A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries,» with Kris Kristofferson playing a character inspired by novelist James Jones; «Dancing at Lughnasa,» starring Meryl Streep in the film of Brian Friel's celebrated play; John Waters» «Pecker,» with Edward Furlong as a fast - food worker whose photos are embraced by the New York art world; Helena Bonham Carter and Kenneth Branagh in «The Theory of Flight,» about a work - release prisoner assigned to a woman with Lou Gehrig's disease; Ben Stiller as a drug - addicted TV writer in «Permanent Midnight»; Christina Ricci in «Desert Blue,» about slim prospects for a teenager in a town of 89 people; «The Imposters,» the new film by Stanley («Big Night») Tucci, starring Tucci and Oliver Platt as cruise - ship stowaways; «Rushmore,» with Jason Schwartzmann as a prep schooler who is a lousy student but hyperactive in campus activities; Cameron Diaz in «Very Bad Things,» about a bachelor party that ends in murder; Cate Blanchett as «Elizabeth,» the story of England's 16th century monarch, and «The Judas Kiss,» with FBI agent Emma Thompson on the trail of the kidnapper of a computer genius.

Shaw's team of trigger - happy, colour - coded kidnappers who hold a train full of passengers hostage was in part stolen by Tarantino for RESERVOIR DOGS.

In the present day, Peyton, now a teenager (Alexia Fast), remains imprisoned by her kidnapper, Mika (Kevin Durand); to assuage her homesickness, he's set up hidden cameras that let Cass observe her mother, Tina (Mireille Enos), as she works at her job cleaning hotel rooms.

In Getty's mind, his grandson was stolen from him, by his mother and now by the kidnappers, and it wouldn't be a wise business move to pay to get back what was stolen from him.

Juxtaposed with the torment endured by his grandson and daughter - in - law as the kidnappers start to lose their patience, the aging tycoon's meanness skirts close to being a proper comic device.

In a relatively small cast, which probably aided the reshoots, Wahlberg performs to the same level that saw him impress in The Departed and The Gambler, getting a nice grandstanding scene with Plummer, and as Chinquanta, the self - appointed leader of the kidnappers, Romain Duris excels by giving an extra dimension to a role that can so often conform to one - dimensional stereotypIn a relatively small cast, which probably aided the reshoots, Wahlberg performs to the same level that saw him impress in The Departed and The Gambler, getting a nice grandstanding scene with Plummer, and as Chinquanta, the self - appointed leader of the kidnappers, Romain Duris excels by giving an extra dimension to a role that can so often conform to one - dimensional stereotypin The Departed and The Gambler, getting a nice grandstanding scene with Plummer, and as Chinquanta, the self - appointed leader of the kidnappers, Romain Duris excels by giving an extra dimension to a role that can so often conform to one - dimensional stereotype.

The billionaire's grandson was abducted in Italy and held for ransom by kidnappers who threatened to maim him unless they were paid.

Previously Kevin Bacon has played a kidnapper (Trapped), a paedophile («Sleepers») and a rapist («Hollow Man»), but also a compromised policeman investigating statutory rape charges («Wild Things»), a man falsely suspected of rape and murder (In the Cut), and a homicide detective touched by horrific abuse in his childhood (Mystic River)-- and these past rôles, as well as the extraordinary intensity of Bacon's present performance, all play their part in shading the character of Walter so that he becomes suspended perfectly between the viewer's sympathies and suspicionIn the Cut), and a homicide detective touched by horrific abuse in his childhood (Mystic River)-- and these past rôles, as well as the extraordinary intensity of Bacon's present performance, all play their part in shading the character of Walter so that he becomes suspended perfectly between the viewer's sympathies and suspicionin his childhood (Mystic River)-- and these past rôles, as well as the extraordinary intensity of Bacon's present performance, all play their part in shading the character of Walter so that he becomes suspended perfectly between the viewer's sympathies and suspicionin shading the character of Walter so that he becomes suspended perfectly between the viewer's sympathies and suspicions.

Who: Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, Maggie Grace and Rade Serbedzija What: In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter.

Wondering how she ever got into the Afghan scene, she learns a lot from her translator (Christopher Abbot), whose job lands him $ 125 a day; she is almost killed when she approaches an all - male meeting though outfitted with a colorful burka; she has more than a single interview with the country's hirsute attorney - general (Alfred Molina), who conveniently shows her the bed behind the curtain in his office and for a price will let her know where her Scottish pal is being holed up by kidnappers.

What works in the film is the second act, where Neeson goes after the kidnappers by himself.

Packed with rotten bad guys who like to toss bricks into windows and shoot guns at houses, arsonists, baby kidnappers and 2 sisters who were somewhat reluctantly dragged along with her as Constance embarks on the mission of receiving repair of and payment for a wagon she was riding in that was broadsided by car... a car loaded with the aforementioned bad guys no less!

And you might remember the scene in which the kidnapper is pulled over by a police officer, is asked to show his driver's license and holds his wallet out with a 50 - dollar bill extending at a slight angle out of the wallet.

The kidnappers used a shotgun to keep him in their clutches for two days before Lampert negotiated his own release and walked by himself to the Greenwich, Connecticut, police station.