{"id":26052,"date":"2024-04-05T09:02:31","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T09:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=26052"},"modified":"2024-04-05T09:02:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T09:02:49","slug":"kaduna-bandits-five-killed-fifty-one-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/04\/05\/kaduna-bandits-five-killed-fifty-one-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaduna Bandits: Five Killed, Fifty-One Released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Gabriella Ogbu<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Tragic news emerges from Kaduna as five out of the 61 residents abducted by bandits three weeks ago in Budah Hausa village, Kajuru local government area, have lost their lives. Following the payment of a ransom, the kidnappers released 51 more victims on Tuesday, along with seized motorcycles and drugs.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, the bandits kept five victims in captivity as they demanded additional ransom. A local vigilante, who spoke anonymously to reporters, confirmed the release but lamented the ordeal faced by the freed individuals, including children who were subjected to torture during captivity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The situation is very terrible; the released captives, especially the men among them, suffered greatly. Out of the 61 abducted, 51 have returned, five were tragically killed in captivity, and five others remain in the hands of the bandits,&#8221; the vigilante revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, it was disclosed that two of the released individuals sustained gunshot wounds during their captivity, and those whose conditions deteriorated were promptly transferred to an undisclosed hospital for urgent medical attention.<\/p>\n<p>Maigari Ben, a local youth leader, corroborated the reports, confirming the deaths of the five captives and the subsequent release of the remaining victims. The community remains in mourning as they grapple with the aftermath of this tragic incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Gabriella Ogbu Tragic news emerges from Kaduna as five out of the 61 residents abducted by bandits three weeks ago in Budah Hausa village, Kajuru local government area, have lost their lives. Following the payment of a ransom, the kidnappers released 51 more victims on Tuesday, along with seized motorcycles and drugs. According to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":26053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26052","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\/26052","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=26052"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26055,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26052\/revisions\/26055"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}