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    Kogi based journalist’s wife, daughters, eight others abducted by Gunmen in Kaduna

    By National UpdateAugust 9, 2024 Crime No Comments1 Min Read
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    Unknown gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted the wife and daughters of the New Telegraph reporter in Kogi state, Muhammed Bashir.

    Bashir’s wife was abducted along with her two daughters as well as eight other members of the same family in the incident that occurred on Thursday in Kaduna state in the family house of the wife of the Kogi-based journalist who is on leave with her family in a Kaduna suburb.

    According to Muhammed, their abductors have not contact the family since the incident happened, making everyone to be apprehensive

    “My wife and two of my daughters left Abuja the same Thursday for Kaduna. But they got kidnapped at their family residence on Thursday night. My dear colleagues, please, I need your prayers.

    “My two daughters and their mother, including eight others, were kidnapped on Thursday by unknown gunmen in Kaduna, where they went for a holiday,” he told colleagues via WhatsApp.

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