{"id":7669,"date":"2025-09-21T18:30:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T18:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/?p=7669"},"modified":"2025-09-21T18:30:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T18:30:32","slug":"gunmen-hit-in-nasarawa-abduct-governor-sules-senior-aide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/09\/21\/gunmen-hit-in-nasarawa-abduct-governor-sules-senior-aide\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen hit in Nasarawa, abduct  Governor Sule\u2019s senior aide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/9k2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"110\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7667\" \/><br \/>\nBy Amah<br \/>\nKindly share:<\/p>\n<p> Muhammed Egye Osolafia, the Senior Special Assistant on Humanitarian Services to Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State was on Saturday abducted by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers.<\/p>\n<p>The attackers reportedly arrived the Tudun Amba area of Lafia, shooting sporadically into the air, before snatching as he was about to enter his residence.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Ahemba, another aide of the governor, who confirmed the incident to journalists in Lafia on Sunday, described it as \u201csad and unfortunate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several police operations and arrests of suspects have not deterred criminals from carrying out their nefarious activities, which have been on the rise in recent times.<\/p>\n<p>The rising insecurity has virtually crippled economic and social activities, as residents in several communities retire home too early to avoid being abducted.<\/p>\n<p>The influx of displaced persons from bandit-ravaged states into Nasarawa and the ongoing military onslaught in neighbouring Benue State, which has forced some criminal elements to relocate into the state is suspected to be responsible for the spike in kidnapping.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Amah Kindly share: Muhammed Egye Osolafia, the Senior Special Assistant on Humanitarian Services to Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1490],"class_list":["post-7669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-kidnapers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.8 - 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