{"id":194574,"date":"2026-02-12T12:24:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T11:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/troops-rescue-eight-abducted-wedding-guests-in-kano-katsina"},"modified":"2026-02-12T13:33:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T12:33:54","slug":"troops-rescue-eight-abducted-wedding-guests-in-kano-katsina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-rescue-eight-abducted-wedding-guests-in-kano-katsina","title":{"rendered":"Troops Rescue Eight Abducted Wedding Guests in Kano Katsina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Troops of 3 Brigade, Nigerian Army, have rescued eight of the 10 persons abducted by suspected terrorists at a wedding venue on Wednesday in Dabawa, Shanono Local Government Area of Kano State.<\/p>\n<p>A credible Army Headquarters source told the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, on Thursday that an unconfirmed number of gunmen reportedly dressed in military camouflage invaded the ceremony and whisked away the victims.<\/p>\n<p>He said the troops deployed at an ambush position along the Yankwada River line, swiftly advanced to the general area upon receiving the distress report and made contact with the fleeing assailants at Garu village in neighbouring Katsina State.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, troops pursued the bandits up to the Katsina\u2013Gidan Mutum Daya road axis before contact was broken.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dDuring the operation, eight of the abducted girls were successfully rescued and have since been reunited with their families, while efforts are ongoing to track and rescue the remaining two victims,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n<p>The source added that the operations in the general area had continued to ensure the safe return of the remaining victims and prevent further attacks.<\/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. Troops of 3 Brigade, Nigerian Army, have rescued eight of the 10 persons abducted by suspected terrorists at a wedding venue on Wednesday in Dabawa, Shanono Local Government Area of Kano State. A credible Army Headquarters source told the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, on Thursday that an unconfirmed number of gunmen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":194573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-194574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","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>Troops Rescue Eight Abducted Wedding Guests in Kano Katsina - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Troops of 3 Brigade, Nigerian Army, have rescued eight of the 10 persons abducted by suspected terrorists at a wedding v ...\" \/>\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\/troops-rescue-eight-abducted-wedding-guests-in-kano-katsina\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Troops Rescue Eight Abducted Wedding Guests in Kano Katsina\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Troops of 3 Brigade, Nigerian Army, have rescued eight of the 10 persons abducted by suspected terrorists at a wedding v ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-rescue-eight-abducted-wedding-guests-in-kano-katsina\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-12T11:24:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-12T12:33:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1770899570.000889.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"447\" \/>\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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\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\/troops-rescue-eight-abducted-wedding-guests-in-kano-katsina#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-rescue-eight-abducted-wedding-guests-in-kano-katsina\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Troops Rescue Eight Abducted Wedding Guests in Kano Katsina\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-12T11:24:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-12T12:33:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-rescue-eight-abducted-wedding-guests-in-kano-katsina\"},\"wordCount\":202,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-rescue-eight-abducted-wedding-guests-in-kano-katsina#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1770899570.000889.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-rescue-eight-abducted-wedding-guests-in-kano-katsina#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-rescue-eight-abducted-wedding-guests-in-kano-katsina\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-rescue-eight-abducted-wedding-guests-in-kano-katsina\",\"name\":\"Troops Rescue Eight Abducted Wedding Guests in Kano Katsina - 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