{"id":23680,"date":"2020-04-08T16:04:31","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T16:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=23680"},"modified":"2020-04-08T16:04:31","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T16:04:31","slug":"bauchi-governors-abducted-brother-regains-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/bauchi-governors-abducted-brother-regains-freedom","title":{"rendered":"Bauchi governor\u2019s abducted brother regains freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The kidnapped brother of Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state has regained his freedom from his abductors<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Governor Mohammed&#8217;s brother who was released at about 8pm has reunited with his family<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The elder brother of the governor was kidnapped on Wednesday, March 25, at Anguwar Jaki in Bauchi metropolis<\/p>\n<p>Governor Bala Mohammed&#8217;s older brother who was recently abducted has finally regained his freedom after two weeks with his abductors, Channels TV reports.<\/p>\n<p>Mukhtar Gidado, the senior special assistant on media to the Bauchi state governor, revealed this on Tuesday, April 7.<\/p>\n<p>According to the aide, Governor Mohammed&#8217;s brother was freed by the abductors at about 8pm and has since reunited with his family.<\/p>\n<p>Though a cash reward of two million naira for information about the whereabouts of the governor&#8217;s brother was offered by the family, the circumstances leading to his release was not disclosed.Meanwhile, the Bauchi state leader who tested positive for coronavirus throughout the period of his brother\u2019s abduction has been in isolation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: &#8211; The kidnapped brother of Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state has regained his freedom from his abductors &#8211; Governor Mohammed&#8217;s brother who was released at about 8pm has reunited with his family &#8211; The elder brother of the governor was kidnapped on Wednesday, March 25, at Anguwar Jaki in Bauchi metropolis Governor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":7822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[981,1453],"class_list":["post-23680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-bauchi-state","tag-coronavirus-in-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - 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