{"id":110462,"date":"2024-02-08T19:21:13","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T18:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=110462"},"modified":"2024-02-08T19:21:13","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T18:21:13","slug":"bandits-threaten-to-marry-abducted-new-bride-sell-62-wedding-guests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/bandits-threaten-to-marry-abducted-new-bride-sell-62-wedding-guests\/","title":{"rendered":"Bandits threaten to marry abducted new bride, sell 62 wedding guests"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1790353804147242111\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The bandits who kidnapped a bride and over 60 women accompanying her to her matrimonial home in Damari, Sabuwa LGA of Katsina State, last Thursday have released a video showing the captives.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nA video that has gained significant attention on social media shows the group of bandits making threats, demanding ransom from the captor\u2019s relatives, or else they will force the already-married bride to marry someone else.<\/p>\n<p>In the video, the leader of the gang, dressed in a police uniform, stated that there were 63 captives.<\/p>\n<p>They also threatened to sell off the other wedding guests if their demands were not met.<\/p>\n<p>The bride and the wedding guests who were part of the convoy were abducted on Thursday, February 1.<\/p>\n<p>Screenshot from the video shows the bride dressed in Military camouflage and the abducted guests behind her<\/p>\n<p>The victims, who were reportedly friends of the bride from Dandume, were ambushed at Sabuwa while they were on their way in an open van.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am the one who abducted them, and I will never release them until ransom is paid. And if there is anyone who thinks they could rescue them, they should try it,\u201d the gang leader said in the video.<\/p>\n<p>The Katsina State Government disclosed that it had commenced rescue operations in response to the kidnapping incident<\/p>\n<p>The state Internal Security Commissioner, Muazu Nasiru, said on Thursday, February 3, that the government was aware of the kidnapping of the wedding guests and had launched operations to ensure that the victims\u00a0were\u00a0rescued.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bandits who kidnapped a bride and over 60 women accompanying her to her matrimonial home in Damari, Sabuwa LGA of Katsina State, last Thursday have released a video showing&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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