{"id":137360,"date":"2019-07-22T10:44:23","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T09:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=137360"},"modified":"2019-07-22T10:45:36","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T09:45:36","slug":"again-gunmen-kidnap-turkish-citizens-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=137360","title":{"rendered":"Again, Gunmen Kidnap Turkish Citizens In Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span class=\"ds-1col file file-image file-image-jpeg view-mode-embedded centered clearfix block-story-object block-story-object-resource block-story-object-resource-image\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"block-story-object-asset\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element file-embedded\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" src=\"http:\/\/arewa.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Militant-Leaders-Younger-Brother-Driver-Killed-During-Ransom-Negotiation-In-Bayelsa.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"container container-pod container-pod-short\"><span class=\"adunit-parent hide block-module block-module-ad block-module-ad-300x250\"><span class=\"block-module-image-wrapper\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Armed men have kidnapped four Turkish nationals in Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State.<\/p>\n<p>Those abducted were identified as Seyit Keklik (25), Yasin Colak (33), Ergun Yurdakul (35), and Senerapal (40).<\/p>\n<p>Recently, 10 Turkish nationals were kidnapped off the waters of Nigeria. No news of the release of the sailors yet.<br \/>\n<span class=\"ds-1col block-story-object block-story-object-link block-story-object-link-story\" about=\"\/2019\/07\/17\/gunmen-kidnap-10-turkish-sailors-nigerian-waters\" typeof=\"sioc:Item foaf:Document\"><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"block-story-object-content-body\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"node node-story node-promoted node-sticky taxonomy-crime view-mode-embedded_link block-module block-module-small block-module-story\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"block-module-image block-module-image-scale-to-fit\"><span class=\"block-module-image-wrapper\"><span class=\"image-background-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" src=\"http:\/\/arewa.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Again-Gunmen-Kidnap-Turkish-Citizens-In-Nigeria.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria Police Force in the state confirmed this incident to Channels TV on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson for the police, Ajayi Okasanmi, said the foreigners were abducted at a drinking joint in Gbale village on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>The victims are said to be construction workers.<\/p>\n<p>According to Okasanmi, the Commissioner of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has dispatched teams under Operation Puff Adder in the area to rescue the expatriates.<br \/>\n<span class=\"ds-1col block-story-object block-story-object-link block-story-object-link-story\" about=\"\/2019\/07\/18\/kidnapping-turkish-government-working-nigeria-ghana-release-10-sailors\" typeof=\"sioc:Item foaf:Document\"><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"block-story-object-content-body\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"node node-story node-promoted node-sticky taxonomy-crime view-mode-embedded_link block-module block-module-small block-module-story\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"block-module-image block-module-image-scale-to-fit\"><span class=\"block-module-image-wrapper\"><span class=\"image-background-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" src=\"http:\/\/arewa.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1563787849_581_Again-Gunmen-Kidnap-Turkish-Citizens-In-Nigeria.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Egbetokun also asked security operatives to ensure that the kidnappers were arrested and brought to justice.<\/p>\n<p>The Okasanmi told Channels TV that the rescue effort was already yielding positive results.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Armed men have kidnapped four Turkish nationals in Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State. Those abducted were identified as Seyit Keklik (25), Yasin Colak (33), Ergun Yurdakul (35), and Senerapal (40). Recently, 10 Turkish nationals were kidnapped off the waters of Nigeria. No news of the release of the sailors yet. 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