{"id":123723,"date":"2023-11-25T23:24:41","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T23:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/25\/gunmen-abduct-suspended-benue-lg-boss-audu\/"},"modified":"2023-11-25T23:24:41","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T23:24:41","slug":"gunmen-abduct-suspended-benue-lg-boss-audu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/25\/gunmen-abduct-suspended-benue-lg-boss-audu\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen Abduct Suspended Benue LG Boss, Audu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-893794\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Gunmen.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have kidnapped the suspended Chairman of Okpokwu Local Government Area of Benue State, Amina Audu.<\/p>\n<p>They also kidnapped her driver in the early hours of Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Audu, according to an eyewitness, was passing through Naka\/Makurdi Road when gunmen ambushed them at Tyolaha Ahume along Naka\/Makurdi Road.<\/p>\n<p>An anonymous local told Punch that the armed men shot at the moving car which forced the car to a halt, making the whisk them away.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO: Kwara: Kidnappers Abduct ECWA Cleric, Two Others, Demand N53m As Ransom<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe incident happened this morning close to Tyolaha Ahume village along Naka\/Makurdi Road when gunmen ambushed a moving car and shot at it until it stopped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImmediately, the gunmen swooped on a woman and the driver and ran into the bush,\u201d the eyewitness said.<\/p>\n<p>Spokesperson for the State police command, Catherine Anene, as well as, the Security Adviser to the State Governor, Joseph Har, didn\u2019t have details as of press time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have kidnapped the suspended Chairman of Okpokwu Local Government Area of Benue State, Amina Audu. 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