{"id":159726,"date":"2025-04-16T22:53:39","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T21:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/bandits-abduct-police-constable-two-others-in-katsina"},"modified":"2025-04-16T23:58:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T22:58:51","slug":"bandits-abduct-police-constable-two-others-in-katsina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bandits-abduct-police-constable-two-others-in-katsina","title":{"rendered":"Bandits abduct police constable, two others in Katsina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A Police Constable, Nura Ibrahim (F\/No 545490), who is serving at the Danmusa Division in Katsina State, has been abducted by armed men suspected to be bandits near Yantumaki Forest.<\/p>\n<p>Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama that the incident occurred on Tuesday evening along the Danmusa\u2013Yantumaki road, when the assailants intercepted a Navy Blue Golf vehicle with registration number DMS 238, in which the officer was traveling alongside two other civilians.<\/p>\n<p>According to local sources, the bandits ambushed the vehicle and forcibly led all three occupants, including the police constable, into the forest.<\/p>\n<p>Security authorities have since launched a joint search and rescue operation, while the abandoned vehicle was recovered and taken to the Yantumaki Outpost.<\/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. A Police Constable, Nura Ibrahim (F\/No 545490), who is serving at the Danmusa Division in Katsina State, has been abducted by armed men suspected to be bandits near Yantumaki Forest. 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