{"id":17471,"date":"2024-01-31T08:47:23","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T08:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=17471"},"modified":"2024-01-31T08:47:31","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T08:47:31","slug":"kidnappers-demand-100million-ransom-for-ekiti-schoolchildrenteachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/01\/31\/kidnappers-demand-100million-ransom-for-ekiti-schoolchildrenteachers\/","title":{"rendered":"Kidnappers Demand 100million Ransom for Ekiti Schoolchildren,Teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kidnappers of five pupils and four staff members from Apostolic Faith Group of Schools in \u00c8k\u00ect\u00ec State have demanded a N100 million ransom for their release.<\/p>\n<p>The principal confirmed the ransom demand, revealing that the abduction occurred about a five-minute drive from the school when the gunmen attacked the school bus.<\/p>\n<p>The victims include two secondary school students, three primary school students, two teachers, a driver, and a bus assistant.<\/p>\n<p>The kidnappers initially demanded N10 million per victim but later called and requested N100 million for all.<\/p>\n<p>Efforts are underway by parents, security outfits, and authorities to secure the release of the victims.<\/p>\n<p>The Aremo of Emure Kingdom appealed to the state government for assistance and urged the establishment of military posts on borders to curb kidnappings and gunmen activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kidnappers of five pupils and four staff members from Apostolic Faith Group of Schools in \u00c8k\u00ect\u00ec State have demanded a N100 million ransom for their release. The principal confirmed the ransom demand, revealing that the abduction occurred about a five-minute drive from the school when the gunmen attacked the school bus. The victims include two [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":17218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17471"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17473,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17471\/revisions\/17473"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}