{"id":46152,"date":"2021-01-17T21:02:46","date_gmt":"2021-01-17T20:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=46152"},"modified":"2021-01-17T21:11:37","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T20:11:37","slug":"bandits-abducted-17-people-in-niger-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/bandits-abducted-17-people-in-niger-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Bandits Abducted 17 People In Niger Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Olabode Adaramola, Niger State<\/p>\n

About 17 people\u00a0 \u00a0have been abducted\u00a0 by gunmen suspected to be armed bandits in some\u00a0 three communities in Bassa\/Kukoki Ward, in\u00a0 Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State at the weekend .<\/p>\n

The victims\u00a0 were said to have been abducted\u00a0 last Saturday night in Madagwa, Wongo and Marenje Communities respectively.<\/p>\n

National Wires learnt\u00a0 \u00a0that the bandits who were said to have been carrying sophisticated weapons and\u00a0 in large numbers allegedly invaded\u00a0 the communities\u00a0 at different times last\u00a0 Saturday night.<\/p>\n

It was further learnt that five persons each were abducted from Wongo and Marenje communities while about seven other persons\u00a0 werealso\u00a0 abducted from Madagwa.<\/p>

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The Co-convener, Concerned Shiroro Youths, Sani Abubakar Yusuf Kokki confirmed the incidents in a brief interview with our reporter by telephone at the weekend in Minna, the state capital, adding\u00a0 that the whereabouts of the victims were not yet ascertained as of the time of filing this report on Sunday.<\/p>\n

He described the abductions as very disheartening and unfortunate,\u00a0 that it waquitw unfair and inhuman that the locals have been left to their fate.<\/p>\n

Kokki however\u00a0 lamented that kidnappings and other related criminal activities have become the order of the day in the two local government areas of\u00a0 the state such as Rafi and Shiroro .<\/p>\n

Further checks revealed that last\u00a0 Thursday, 20 persons\u00a0 from Duguru in Madaka Ward of Rafi local government area, of the state who were on their way to Madaka market were also abducted\u00a0 by the gunmen suspected to be armed bandits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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