{"id":160502,"date":"2025-04-27T12:01:30","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T11:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/kidnappers-attack-shanono-community-in-kano"},"modified":"2025-04-28T18:58:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T17:58:45","slug":"kidnappers-attack-shanono-community-in-kano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kidnappers-attack-shanono-community-in-kano","title":{"rendered":"Kidnappers attack Shanono community in Kano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Armed kidnappers attacked Shanono Local Government Area late Saturday night, attempting to abduct a prominent businessman and his two children.<\/p>\n<p>According to eyewitness accounts, the assailants stormed the town around 2:20 a.m., heavily armed with guns and other dangerous weapons. Residents reported hearing continuous gunfire near the victim\u2019s residence as the kidnappers tried to seize him and his children.<\/p>\n<p>However, the businessman and his children managed to escape the attack, frustrating the kidnappers\u2019 efforts. One of the victims was injured during the incident and has been rushed to the hospital for medical treatment.<\/p>\n<p>This latest attack comes less than ten days after gunmen invaded Faruruwa town, also in the Shanono area, where they killed two people and abducted another.<\/p>\n<p>Confirming the incident, the Chairman of Shanono Local Government Area, Hon. Abubakar Barau, through his spokesperson, Comrade Ammar Shanono, said security operatives have been deployed to the area to investigate the attack and ensure the safety of residents.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have urged the public to remain vigilant and cooperate with security agencies as efforts to track down the perpetrators continue.<\/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. Armed kidnappers attacked Shanono Local Government Area late Saturday night, attempting to abduct a prominent businessman and his two children. According to eyewitness accounts, the assailants stormed the town around 2:20 a.m., heavily armed with guns and other dangerous weapons. Residents reported hearing continuous gunfire near the victim\u2019s residence as the kidnappers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":160501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[372,2917,254,17020],"class_list":["post-160502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-kano","tag-kidnappers","tag-nigeria","tag-shanono-community"],"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>Kidnappers attack Shanono community in Kano - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Armed kidnappers attacked Shanono Local Government Area late Saturday night, attempting to abduct a prominent businessma ...\" \/>\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\/kidnappers-attack-shanono-community-in-kano\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kidnappers attack Shanono community in Kano\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Armed kidnappers attacked Shanono Local Government Area late Saturday night, attempting to abduct a prominent businessma ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kidnappers-attack-shanono-community-in-kano\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-27T11:01:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-28T17:58:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/sm_1745742908.059304.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1381\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1296\" \/>\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\/kidnappers-attack-shanono-community-in-kano#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kidnappers-attack-shanono-community-in-kano\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kidnappers attack Shanono community in Kano\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-27T11:01:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-28T17:58:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kidnappers-attack-shanono-community-in-kano\"},\"wordCount\":197,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kidnappers-attack-shanono-community-in-kano#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/sm_1745742908.059304.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Kano\",\"kidnappers\",\"Nigeria\",\"Shanono community\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kidnappers-attack-shanono-community-in-kano#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kidnappers-attack-shanono-community-in-kano\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kidnappers-attack-shanono-community-in-kano\",\"name\":\"Kidnappers attack Shanono community in Kano - 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