{"id":843,"date":"2025-07-25T12:22:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T12:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/securityfocus.ng\/?p=843"},"modified":"2025-07-25T12:22:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T12:22:50","slug":"bayelsa-judges-abduction-police-parade-eight-suspects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/07\/25\/bayelsa-judges-abduction-police-parade-eight-suspects\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayelsa judge&#8217;s abduction: Police parade eight suspects"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Bayelsa State Police Command has paraded eight suspects linked to the abduction of Justice E.G Omukoro of the Bayelsa State High Court.\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">Omukoro was\u00a0kidnapped\u00a0on June 21, 2025 in Yenagoa and\u00a0rescued\u00a0after 12 days in captivity.\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">The State Commissioner of Police, CP Francis Idu, who paraded the suspects before newsmen in Yenagoa on Thursday, July 24, disclosed that the leader of the gang is on the run.<\/div>\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to Idu, the suspects confessed to playing different roles in the abduction.\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">Idu acknowledged the strategic role played by the Department of State Services, and other security agencies, adding that the rescue of Justice Omukoro, was facilitated by the new technology installed by the administration across the State capital.<\/div>\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive text-center\" src=\"https:\/\/alexis.lindaikejisblog.com\/photos\/shares\/r1_1753385051.jpg\" alt=\"Bayelsa judge\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive text-center\" src=\"https:\/\/alexis.lindaikejisblog.com\/photos\/shares\/r2_1753385068.jpg\" alt=\"Bayelsa judge\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive text-center\" src=\"https:\/\/alexis.lindaikejisblog.com\/photos\/shares\/r3_1753385083.jpg\" alt=\"Bayelsa judge\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bayelsa State Police Command has paraded eight suspects linked to the abduction of Justice E.G Omukoro of the Bayelsa State High Court.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Omukoro was\u00a0kidnapped\u00a0on June 21, 2025 in Yenagoa and\u00a0rescued\u00a0after 12 days in captivity.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The State Commissioner of Police, CP Francis Idu, who paraded the suspects before newsmen in Yenagoa [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - 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