{"id":57856,"date":"2024-12-11T10:07:36","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T10:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=57856"},"modified":"2024-12-11T10:07:36","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T10:07:36","slug":"gunmen-abduct-50-in-zamfara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/12\/11\/gunmen-abduct-50-in-zamfara\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen Abduct 50 in Zamfara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>In a disturbing turn of events, gunmen have abducted 50 women and children in a late-night raid on the village of Kakin Dawa in Maradun Local Government Area, Zamfara State.<br \/>\nThe attack occurred in the early hours of Sunday, around 1:30 AM, when armed assailants on motorcycles stormed the village and forcibly abducted their victims from their homes.<br \/>\nThe Zamfara State Police Command has confirmed the abductions, assuring that security forces have been deployed to the area in response to the attack.<br \/>\nHowever, the situation remains tense as the local community grapples with the aftermath.<br \/>\nEyewitnesses describe scenes of panic and chaos during the assault.<br \/>\nHassan Ya\u2019u, a resident who narrowly escaped the raid, recounted how the gunmen moved swiftly through the village, abducting women and children from their homes.<br \/>\nTragically, Ya\u2019u\u2019s younger sister was among those taken.<br \/>\nIn an emotional plea, Ya\u2019u urged the federal and state governments to send more military personnel to address the growing security concerns in the region.<br \/>\nAbdulkadir Sadia, another villager, echoed this call, noting the palpable fear among residents who are left waiting for any communication from the abductors regarding ransom demands.<br \/>\nThe incident highlights the ongoing security crisis in northern Nigeria, where kidnapping for ransom has become a recurring nightmare for many communities.<br \/>\nAs the search for the missing individuals continues, residents are calling for stronger action to protect them from the escalating violence and abductions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal In a disturbing turn of events, gunmen have abducted 50 women and children in a late-night raid on the village of Kakin Dawa in Maradun Local Government Area, Zamfara State. The attack occurred in the early hours of Sunday, around 1:30 AM, when armed assailants on motorcycles stormed the village and forcibly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":57857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57856","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\/57856","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=57856"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57858,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57856\/revisions\/57858"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}