{"id":83114,"date":"2021-07-04T12:23:52","date_gmt":"2021-07-04T11:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=83114"},"modified":"2021-07-04T12:23:52","modified_gmt":"2021-07-04T11:23:52","slug":"on-their-way-to-wedding-13-women-abducted-by-gunmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/on-their-way-to-wedding-13-women-abducted-by-gunmen\/","title":{"rendered":"On Their Way To Wedding, 13 Women Abducted By Gunmen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1704351026421828474\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gunmen have abducted 13 women between Manini and Udawa town along Kaduna-Birnin Gwari highway, on their way to a wedding ceremony.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<p>The incident happened when the bandits intercepted three vehicles conveying the women on their way to Birnin Gwari.<\/p>\n<p>It was gathered that among the victims were nursing mothers and a woman with her five daughters.<\/p>\n<p>A community leader, Muhammed Umar, told a national paper that the women were all from Udawa town in Chikun Local Government Area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the 13 women, majority housewives, were from Udawa on their way to Birnin Gwari to attend a wedding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of the women are from the same family, like Zainab Abu Jibril the senior wife of Malam Jibril Ibrahim and her five daughters were all abducted alongside others from other families with their infants,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, if not for the quick response of soldiers, the bandits would have abducted more travellers on the way because they blocked the road, picking their victims.<\/p>\n<div id=\"m_-4766715615712756736ymail_android_signature\"><\/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>Gunmen have abducted 13 women between Manini and Udawa town along Kaduna-Birnin Gwari highway, on their way to a wedding ceremony. 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