The spouse and two daughters of a Kogi-based journalist, Muhammed Bashir, had been amongst 10 members of the identical household kidnapped by gunmen in Kaduna State on Thursday.
Bashir’s spouse, alongside the 2 daughters, had arrived in Kaduna earlier within the day to spend the vacation along with her household in a suburb Kaduna metropolis.
The journalist knowledgeable his colleagues in regards to the growth in Lokoja, the capital of Kogi State, in a short assertion on Friday night.
In keeping with him, his household left Abuja that very same Thursday for Kaduna however had been kidnapped at their residence the identical day at evening.
He stated he had contacted the Police and the Division of State Providers (DSS) and was knowledgeable that actions had been being taken to rescue the victims and apprehend their abductors.
