{"id":3245,"date":"2025-11-29T09:52:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T09:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/?p=3245"},"modified":"2025-11-29T09:52:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T09:52:30","slug":"37-kidnap-victims-regain-freedom-after-negotiations-with-bandits-in-katsina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/11\/29\/37-kidnap-victims-regain-freedom-after-negotiations-with-bandits-in-katsina\/","title":{"rendered":"37 kidnap victims regain freedom after negotiations with bandits in Katsina"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No fewer than 37 people kidnapped by bandits in Bakori Local Government Area of Katsina State have been freed by their abductors.<br \/><br \/>Alhaji Abdulrahman Kandarawa, the lawmaker representing Bakori Constituency at the State House of Assembly, disclosed this to newsmen in Katsina on Friday.<br \/><br \/>According to him, the victims, comprising 17 women, two children, and 18 men, regained freedom on Friday following a peace deal with bandits in the area.<br \/><br \/><br \/>He explained that the kidnap victims were released without payment of ransom as part of the agreement reached during the dialogue.<br \/><br \/>The lawmaker said that with the development, \u201cno kidnapped victim from Bakori is still with the kidnappers, except if we are not aware of them.<br \/><br \/>\u201cI want to assure you that, at the moment, there are no more victims in the forest from this local government area.<br \/><br \/>\u201cTherefore, I am appealing to the people in our communities to maintain the relative peace we are presently enjoying,\u201d he said.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No fewer than 37 people kidnapped by bandits in Bakori Local Government Area of Katsina State have been freed by their abductors. Alhaji Abdulrahman Kandarawa, the lawmaker representing Bakori Constituency at the State House of Assembly, disclosed this to newsmen in Katsina on Friday. 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