{"id":961815,"date":"2021-11-03T10:44:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T14:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=961815"},"modified":"2021-11-03T10:44:03","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T14:44:03","slug":"nigeria-gunmen-storm-university-in-capital-abduct-six-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nigeria-gunmen-storm-university-in-capital-abduct-six-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria: Gunmen Storm University in Capital, Abduct Six People"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnigeria-gunmen-storm-university-in-capital-abduct-six-people%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=961815&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Unidentified gunmen stormed the University of Abuja in Nigeria in the early hours of Tuesday morning and abducted six people, including an economics professor and two of his children,&nbsp;Nigeria\u2019s <em>Premium Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumtimesng.com\/news\/headlines\/492914-just-in-gunmen-invade-uniabuja-staff-quarters-abduct-professor-children-others.html\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>An unspecified number of gunmen \u201cinvaded the senior staff quarters\u201d at the university, located in Nigeria\u2019s national capital, at approximately 1:00 am on November 2 and \u201coperated for about an hour,\u201d according to the newspaper, which cited the account of a resident at the staff quarters. The anonymous source said the gunmen kidnapped \u201ca professor of Economics, Obansa Joseph, two of his children, and some other residents of the quarters.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Abuja University spokesman Habib Yakoob confirmed the invasion and abduction to the <em>Premium Times<\/em> saying the victims of the attack were \u201cabout six\u201d in number.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, I just confirmed that the information is true. Apart from the professor and his children, a non-academic staffer was also involved. They are about six victims,\u201d Yakoob said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that Nigerian federal security forces were mobilized on Tuesday morning \u201cto secure their freedom,\u201d referring to the abductees.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_18584762\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"38\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1236298102.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18584762\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1236298102-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A family member of one of the abducted staff of University of Abuja, reacts outside the Staff Quarters where gunmen kidnapped people amongst whom were 2 of the university professors, lecturers and their family members in Abuja, Nigeria on November 2, 2021. (KOLA SULAIMON\/AFP via Getty)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThey are on their trail,\u201d Yakoob said of the task force.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Premium Times<\/em> described&nbsp;Obansa Joseph as a \u201cdistinguished economist of repute\u201d in Nigeria who \u201chas published extensively in national and international journals and has served in several management and administrative capacities within the University of Abuja.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grace Ayanbimpe, a female professor in the Department of Medical Microbiology at the University of Jos, was similarly kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in the early morning hours of May 17, along with her husband. Jos is a Nigerian city located 166 miles northeast of Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe kidnappers came to their house around 2:00 am. They broke into their apartment and shot into the air. Neighbors who were terrified by sounds of gunshots could not come out for the fear of being hit by stray bullets,\u201d the <em>Punch<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/punchng.com\/breaking-gunmen-kidnap-unijos-female-professor-husband-in-plateau\/\">reported<\/a> on May 17.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The&nbsp;Nigerian newspaper cited the account of eyewitness Philip Dachung, who lives in the residential community where the abduction took place.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18584826\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"37\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1236298117.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18584826\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1236298117-1024x671-1.jpg\" alt width=\"990\" height=\"649\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A general view of University of Abuja Staff Quarters\u2019 gate where unknown gunmen kidnapped people amongst whom were 2 of the university professors, lecturers and their family members in Abuja, Nigeria on November 2, 2021. (KOLA SULAIMON\/AFP via Getty)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cSo, this morning, we discovered that the gunmen had taken the professor and her husband away. We don\u2019t where they are right now,\u201d&nbsp;Dachung said.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Ayanbimpe and her husband were <a href=\"http:\/\/saharareporters.com\/2021\/05\/18\/how-kidnapped-unijos-professor-husband-regained-freedom\">found<\/a> unharmed by local security forces approximately 24 hours after they were kidnapped, according to Ubah Ogaba, a spokesman for the regional Plateau Police Command.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the concerted efforts of the Police Tactical team, Plateau State Command, hunters and vigilantes, the kidnapped victims, Prof Grace Ayanbimpe and her husband, Mr Isaac Ayanbimpe were released unhurt,\u201d Ogaba told reporters on May 18, without providing further details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unidentified gunmen stormed the University of Abuja in Nigeria in the early hours of Tuesday morning and abducted six people, including an economics professor and two of his children,\u00a0Nigeria\u2019s Premium &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-961815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=961815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=961815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=961815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=961815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}