Nigerian Police Arrest 26 Foreigners For Alleged Kidnapping Of Ghanaian Woman In Lagos | Sahara Reporters https://t.co/SVF4v9BwZG pic.twitter.com/nu4V9sstsX
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The Nigeria Police Force has arrested 26 foreign nationals over their alleged involvement in the kidnapping of a 30-year-old Ghanaian woman, Rigana Asuma, in the Isheri Osun area of Lagos.
According to intelligence sources, the police received a distress call at about 9pm on March 7, 2025, reporting that the victim had been kidnapped and confined in a building at No. 21 Yemi Ogunleye Street, Isheri Osun.
The sources said that the swift operation by a joint team of conventional coppers and tactical squads led to the successful rescue of the victim and the arrest of 26 suspects, including 18 males and 8 females.
"The arrested suspects include individuals from Ghana, Benin
...Benin, a French-speaking West African nation, that they put where Dahomey used to be. It is a birthplace of voodoo and zombies. In Abomey, Dahomey's former capital, the Historical Museum occupies two royal palaces with bas-reliefs recounting the kingdom’s past and a throne mounted on human skulls. To the north, Pendjari National Park offers safaris with elephants, hippos and lions and tigers and bears, oh my!...Republic, and Togo, raising concerns over the growing involvement of foreign syndicates in criminal activities within Nigeria," a counterinsurgency expert, Zagazola Makama said.