{"id":94305,"date":"2022-04-25T16:18:26","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T15:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=94305"},"modified":"2022-04-25T16:18:26","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T15:18:26","slug":"bandits-abduct-lecturer-daughter-demand-n100m-in-kaduna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/bandits-abduct-lecturer-daughter-demand-n100m-in-kaduna\/","title":{"rendered":"Bandits Abduct Lecturer, Daughter, Demand N100m In Kaduna"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Bandits were reported to have abducted a former Head of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Kaduna Polytechnic, Dr. Ramatu Abarshi, and her daughter, Ameera, near Kasuwan Magani, in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It was gathered that the mother and daughter, together with a commercial driver conveying them, were attacked after distributing clothes and other items to the less privileged for the Eid-el- Fitr celebration.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cThey were coming back to Kaduna when the incident happened on Friday,\u201d a source said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe source added, \u201cThey were abducted near Kasuwan Magani in Kajuru LGA, some few kilometres away from the metropolis after they successfully distributed some relief materials to the less privileged at Tilde Kargiji in Lere LGA of the state.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nAbarshi, who was said to be the widow of late Air Commodore Abarshi, had executed many Engineering and Entrepreneurship projects on behalf of Kaduna Polytechnic, among them was Women Empowerment Programme in Katare, Mararabanrido, Kachia, VVF Patients in Kano, Train the Trainer programmes, Skill acquisition programmes for youth, etc.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nShe is also the chairperson of Kaduna-based Barkindo Rahama Initiative, a non-governmental organisation, executing skill acquisition programmes for women, youths, and the physically challenged in the society.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nMeanwhile, a family source said the bandits had reached out to the family and that they are demanding N100m as a ransom for their release.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nNeither the state government nor the state police command had reacted to the incident as of the time of filing this report.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/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>Bandits were reported to have abducted a former Head of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Kaduna Polytechnic, Dr. Ramatu Abarshi, and her daughter, Ameera, near Kasuwan Magani, in&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":94306,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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