{"id":130710,"date":"2024-09-11T23:03:43","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T22:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/gunmen-demand-n30m-ransom-motorcycles-for-abducted-kaduna-councillorship-aspirant"},"modified":"2024-09-12T00:09:59","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T23:09:59","slug":"gunmen-demand-n30m-ransom-motorcycles-for-abducted-kaduna-councillorship-aspirant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gunmen-demand-n30m-ransom-motorcycles-for-abducted-kaduna-councillorship-aspirant","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen demand N30m ransom, motorcycles for abducted Kaduna councillorship aspirant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The gunmen that abducted a councillorship aspirant, Japheth Zarma Yakubu, in Kurmin-Kare community, Kachia LGA of Kaduna State, have demanded a N20 million ransom and two motorcycles for his release.<\/p>\n<p>A source said that the bandits\u2019 leader called on Sunday 11:45am through the victim\u2019s phone and asked the family to raise N20 million, and provide two motorcycles, for them.<\/p>\n<p>The source further explained that one of the victim\u2019s relatives is negotiating with the bandits to see if the ransom could be reduced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe relative of the victim came to inform us on how he had been able to talk to the bandits\u2019 leader on the need to reduce the ransom demanded due to the economic hardship of the present situation,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n<p>The bandits abducted the victim when he went to inspect his farm last week Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>ASP Hassan Mansur, the spokesman of the Kaduna State Police Command, could not be reached for comments on the development as of the time of filing this report.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The gunmen that abducted a councillorship aspirant, Japheth Zarma Yakubu, in Kurmin-Kare community, Kachia LGA of Kaduna State, have demanded a N20 million ransom and two motorcycles for his release. A source said that the bandits\u2019 leader called on Sunday 11:45am through the victim\u2019s phone and asked the family to raise N20 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":130708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[190,96,254],"class_list":["post-130710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-gunmen","tag-kaduna","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gunmen demand N30m ransom, motorcycles for abducted Kaduna councillorship aspirant - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The gunmen that abducted a councillorship aspirant, Japheth Zarma Yakubu, in Kurmin-Kare community, Kachia LGA of Kaduna ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gunmen-demand-n30m-ransom-motorcycles-for-abducted-kaduna-councillorship-aspirant\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gunmen demand N30m ransom, motorcycles for abducted Kaduna councillorship aspirant\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The gunmen that abducted a councillorship aspirant, Japheth Zarma Yakubu, in Kurmin-Kare community, Kachia LGA of Kaduna ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gunmen-demand-n30m-ransom-motorcycles-for-abducted-kaduna-councillorship-aspirant\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-09-11T22:03:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-11T23:09:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/sm_1726083542.343204.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gunmen-demand-n30m-ransom-motorcycles-for-abducted-kaduna-councillorship-aspirant#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gunmen-demand-n30m-ransom-motorcycles-for-abducted-kaduna-councillorship-aspirant\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Gunmen demand N30m ransom, motorcycles for abducted Kaduna councillorship aspirant\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-11T22:03:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-11T23:09:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gunmen-demand-n30m-ransom-motorcycles-for-abducted-kaduna-councillorship-aspirant\"},\"wordCount\":191,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gunmen-demand-n30m-ransom-motorcycles-for-abducted-kaduna-councillorship-aspirant#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/sm_1726083542.343204.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gunmen\",\"Kaduna\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gunmen-demand-n30m-ransom-motorcycles-for-abducted-kaduna-councillorship-aspirant#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gunmen-demand-n30m-ransom-motorcycles-for-abducted-kaduna-councillorship-aspirant\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gunmen-demand-n30m-ransom-motorcycles-for-abducted-kaduna-councillorship-aspirant\",\"name\":\"Gunmen demand N30m ransom, motorcycles for abducted Kaduna councillorship aspirant - 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