{"id":83482,"date":"2021-07-11T17:56:43","date_gmt":"2021-07-11T16:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=83482"},"modified":"2021-07-11T17:56:43","modified_gmt":"2021-07-11T16:56:43","slug":"gunmen-abduct-college-provost-in-zamfara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/gunmen-abduct-college-provost-in-zamfara\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen abduct college provost in Zamfara"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Armed men suspected to be bandits have abducted the provost of the College of Arts and Animal Science Bakura, Habibu Mainasara, in Zamfara State.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nPointblanknews.com gathered that the incident occured in the early hours of Sunday when the assailants invaded his official residence within Government Science Secondary School, Bakura.<\/p>\n<p>The incident, which has sparked tension in the area, comes barely two days after the bandits raided some communities in Maradun Local Government Area of the state, killing at least 42 persons.<\/p>\n<p>When contacted on phone by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/pointblanknews.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1626108332696000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEQEENXIiLZY4Cmyz_hZ6PS8i2BSA\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\">pointblanknews.com<\/a>\u00a0correspondent, the state\u2019s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Mohammed Shehu, said he would call back to comment on the incident.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/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>Armed men suspected to be bandits have abducted the provost of the College of Arts and Animal Science Bakura, Habibu Mainasara, in Zamfara State. 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