{"id":174465,"date":"2025-08-15T11:57:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T10:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/senator-moro-calls-for-action-on-kidnapping-in-benue-south"},"modified":"2025-08-15T13:45:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T12:45:07","slug":"senator-moro-calls-for-action-on-kidnapping-in-benue-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-moro-calls-for-action-on-kidnapping-in-benue-south","title":{"rendered":"Senator Moro Calls for Action on Kidnapping in Benue South"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The senator representing Benue South Senatorial District and Senate Minority Leader, Comrade Abba Moro, has expressed worries over the rising cases of kidnapping in parts of the senatorial district, particularly in Orokam District of Ogbadibo LGA.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Moro, in a statement by his Media Adviser, Emmanuel Eche\u2019Ofun John, said he is saddened that his constituents in the besieged communities are living in fear, with many residents fleeing their homes.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cThe senator condemns the insecurity in the strongest terms and calls on the governments of Benue State and Ogbadibo LGA to sit up and work with the relevant stakeholders and security agents to nip the ugly situation in the bud.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe extends his sympathy to the victims recently freed and prays that those still in captivity regain their freedom unhurt.\u201d<\/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 senator representing Benue South Senatorial District and Senate Minority Leader, Comrade Abba Moro, has expressed worries over the rising cases of kidnapping in parts of the senatorial district, particularly in Orokam District of Ogbadibo LGA. Senator Moro, in a statement by his Media Adviser, Emmanuel Eche\u2019Ofun John, said he is saddened [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":174464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[331,11330,254],"class_list":["post-174465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-benue","tag-moro","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>Senator Moro Calls for Action on Kidnapping in Benue South - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The senator representing Benue South Senatorial District and Senate Minority Leader, Comrade Abba Moro, has expressed wo ...\" \/>\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\/senator-moro-calls-for-action-on-kidnapping-in-benue-south\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Senator Moro Calls for Action on Kidnapping in Benue South\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The senator representing Benue South Senatorial District and Senate Minority Leader, Comrade Abba Moro, has expressed wo ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-moro-calls-for-action-on-kidnapping-in-benue-south\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-15T10:57:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-15T12:45:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755249473.009017.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"571\" \/>\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\/senator-moro-calls-for-action-on-kidnapping-in-benue-south#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-moro-calls-for-action-on-kidnapping-in-benue-south\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Senator Moro Calls for Action on Kidnapping in Benue South\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-15T10:57:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-15T12:45:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-moro-calls-for-action-on-kidnapping-in-benue-south\"},\"wordCount\":154,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-moro-calls-for-action-on-kidnapping-in-benue-south#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755249473.009017.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Benue\",\"Moro\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-moro-calls-for-action-on-kidnapping-in-benue-south#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-moro-calls-for-action-on-kidnapping-in-benue-south\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-moro-calls-for-action-on-kidnapping-in-benue-south\",\"name\":\"Senator Moro Calls for Action on Kidnapping in Benue South - 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