{"id":9536,"date":"2023-12-30T19:03:26","date_gmt":"2023-12-30T19:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/fleeing-kidnappers-kill-two-in-nasarawa\/"},"modified":"2023-12-30T19:03:26","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T19:03:26","slug":"fleeing-kidnappers-kill-two-in-nasarawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/fleeing-kidnappers-kill-two-in-nasarawa\/","title":{"rendered":"Fleeing kidnappers kill two in Nasarawa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Kidnappers have killed two persons in Wulko community of Nasarawa Eggon Local Government Area, LGA, of Nasarawa State.<\/p>\n<p>The victims, Ango Habakkuk, also known as \u2018Ango Gentle\u2019, a technician, and Ewuga Williams, a security personnel, are said to be close friends.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened when the kidnappers were fleeing from the police, who were hot on their trail.<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST gathered that the incident unfolded after a farmer stumbled upon the kidnappers\u2019 den, where victims were held for ransom.<\/p>\n<p>The farmer promptly alerted the police, and a joint operation with local vigilantes was launched, leading to the invasion of the criminals\u2019 hideout in Ogba village.<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitnesses recounted that upon spotting the police, the kidnappers made a desperate attempt to escape, leaving behind their victims, including Isaac Igbawua, a lecturer at Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK), who was among those rescued.<\/p>\n<p>The Nasarawa State Police Command, in a statement released by its spokesperson, DSP Ramhan Nansel, had confirmed the successful rescue of Igbawua, who was kidnapped from his residence in the Old Barracks, Kokona LGA, last Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Ewuga Williams, one of the victims, had already been laid to rest according to Christian rites.<\/p>\n<p>However, Ango Habakkuk\u2019s body remains at OLA Hospital, Akwanga, Nasarawa State.<\/p>\n<p>Fleeing kidnappers kill two in Nasarawa<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kidnappers have killed two persons in Wulko community of Nasarawa Eggon Local Government Area, LGA, of Nasarawa State. The victims,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[384,1625,15],"tags":[387,399,180],"class_list":["post-9536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-metro","category-nasarawa","category-news","tag-metro","tag-nasarawa","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}