{"id":155389,"date":"2025-03-16T22:05:31","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T21:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-foil-kidnap-attempt-rescue-passengers-in-kogi"},"modified":"2025-03-31T18:27:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T17:27:01","slug":"police-foil-kidnap-attempt-rescue-passengers-in-kogi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-foil-kidnap-attempt-rescue-passengers-in-kogi","title":{"rendered":"Police foil Kidnap attempt, rescue passengers in Kogi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Kogi State Police Command has thwarted an attempted abduction of passengers along the Kabba-Ayere road, rescuing victims from armed kidnappers.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, ASP William Aya, the incident occurred on Friday, prompting a swift response from officers attached to the Police Mobile Force (PMF), 70 Squadron, Kabba.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn receipt of the distress call, reinforcement teams from Sharper Corner pindown were promptly mobilized to the scene. The officers engaged the hoodlums, and due to the superior firepower of the police, the criminals fled into the bush, abandoning their victims, who were safely rescued,\u201d Aya revealed.<\/p>\n<p>The Commissioner of Police, CP Miller G. Dantawaye, has since ordered the deployment of additional tactical teams to comb the surrounding bushes in a bid to track down the fleeing suspects and bring them to justice.<\/p>\n<p>Commending the officers for their swift intervention, Dantawaye reassured residents of the command\u2019s commitment to ensuring safety and tackling criminal activities in the state.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Kogi State Police Command has thwarted an attempted abduction of passengers along the Kabba-Ayere road, rescuing victims from armed kidnappers. According to the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, ASP William Aya, the incident occurred on Friday, prompting a swift response from officers attached to the Police Mobile Force [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":155388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[396,254,165],"class_list":["post-155389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-kogi","tag-nigeria","tag-police"],"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>Police foil Kidnap attempt, rescue passengers in Kogi - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Kogi State Police Command has thwarted an attempted abduction of passengers along the Kabba-Ayere road, rescuing vic ...\" \/>\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\/all-news\/police-foil-kidnap-attempt-rescue-passengers-in-kogi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police foil Kidnap attempt, rescue passengers in Kogi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Kogi State Police Command has thwarted an attempted abduction of passengers along the Kabba-Ayere road, rescuing vic ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-foil-kidnap-attempt-rescue-passengers-in-kogi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-16T21:05:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-31T17:27:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1742150358.266414.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\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\/all-news\/police-foil-kidnap-attempt-rescue-passengers-in-kogi#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-foil-kidnap-attempt-rescue-passengers-in-kogi\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Police foil Kidnap attempt, rescue passengers in Kogi\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-16T21:05:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-31T17:27:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-foil-kidnap-attempt-rescue-passengers-in-kogi\"},\"wordCount\":183,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-foil-kidnap-attempt-rescue-passengers-in-kogi#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1742150358.266414.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Kogi\",\"Nigeria\",\"Police\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-foil-kidnap-attempt-rescue-passengers-in-kogi#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-foil-kidnap-attempt-rescue-passengers-in-kogi\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-foil-kidnap-attempt-rescue-passengers-in-kogi\",\"name\":\"Police foil Kidnap attempt, rescue passengers in Kogi - 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