{"id":46811,"date":"2021-02-15T20:42:31","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T19:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=46811"},"modified":"2021-02-15T20:42:31","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T19:42:31","slug":"18-passengers-of-the-niger-state-transport-authority-kidnapped-by-bandit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/18-passengers-of-the-niger-state-transport-authority-kidnapped-by-bandit\/","title":{"rendered":"18 Passengers Of The Niger State Transport Authority Kidnapped By Bandit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Olabode Adaramola<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>18 passengers of the Niger State Transport Authority (NSTA) have been kidnapped by bandits in Niger state.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The attack which occurred at Yakila village in Rafi local government area of the state saw the bandits leaving a woman and her baby behind and went away with other 18 passengers.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The passengers were said to be heading to Minna, the state capital from Kotangora when the incident happened.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Director General of the Niger State Emergency Maganagement Agency, Mallam Ibrahim Inga confirmed the incident to our correspondent during a telephone interview.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Inga who was on his way from Kagara for the revalidation of his APC membership in company of the Chief of staff said they met the scene where the bandit operated.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He explained that they met a woman with her child who was left by the bandits who told them other 18 passengers in the bus have been taken away.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;The only thing I can tell you now is we have rescued the woman and her baby and she is in the vehicle with us and we are on our way to Minna. She told us that the bandits blocked the way and went away with other 18 passengers in the bus.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;No government official was among those kidnapped. I can&#8217;t give more than that for now because the woman is traumatized and we cannot be asking her too many questions for now,&#8221; Inga said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He however promised to get back to our correspondent when he gets back to Minna and has more information.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Meanwhile, efforts to speak to the Police Public Relations Officer in the state,\u00a0 Wasiu Abiodun was unsuccessful as he neither picked his calls nor respond to messages.<\/div>\n<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>18 passengers of the Niger State Transport Authority (NSTA) have been kidnapped by bandits in Niger state.\u00a0<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":45899,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[3432,8205],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-46811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-crime","tag-insecurity","tag-kidnappers-in-niger-state"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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