{"id":79906,"date":"2025-12-09T14:18:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T14:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=79906"},"modified":"2025-12-09T14:18:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T14:18:38","slug":"niger-abduction-100-released-165-still-missing-bishop-yohanna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/12\/09\/niger-abduction-100-released-165-still-missing-bishop-yohanna\/","title":{"rendered":"Niger Abduction: 100 Released, 165 still missing -Bishop Yohanna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most Rev. Bulus Dauwa Yohanna, Bishop of Kontagora Diocese, has described the partial release of abducted schoolchildren in Niger State as a mix of relief and sorrow.<\/p>\n<p>While 100 students have been rescued, 165 remain missing, leaving families in anguish.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Channels Television\u2019s Sunrise Daily, Bishop Yohanna urged the Federal Government to intensify efforts until all the children are accounted for.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thankful, yet weighed down,\u201d he said. \u201cWe rejoice that 100 children are back, but we are deeply saddened that 165 remain in captivity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He commended authorities for the initial rescue but stressed that the momentum must continue.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing anxious parents, he called for patience and faith, assuring them that their children will also return.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust as others have been reunited, theirs will also come home,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The kidnapping at St. Mary\u2019s Private Catholic Primary and Secondary School in Papiri involved 315 people, including 303 students and 12 teachers.<\/p>\n<p>While 50 students escaped initially, Sunday\u2019s rescue reduced the number still in captivity to 165.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal Most Rev. Bulus Dauwa Yohanna, Bishop of Kontagora Diocese, has described the partial release of abducted schoolchildren in Niger State as a mix of relief and sorrow. While 100 students have been rescued, 165 remain missing, leaving families in anguish. Speaking on Channels Television\u2019s Sunrise Daily, Bishop Yohanna urged the Federal Government [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":79907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1724,172,1681],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insecurity","category-news","category-religion"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79906","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79908,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79906\/revisions\/79908"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}