{"id":197982,"date":"2022-06-22T06:35:57","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T05:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=197982"},"modified":"2022-06-22T06:35:57","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T05:35:57","slug":"bandits-abduct-21-pilgrims-in-sokoto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/22\/bandits-abduct-21-pilgrims-in-sokoto\/","title":{"rendered":"Bandits abduct 21 pilgrims in Sokoto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gunmen have kidnapped twenty-one prospective pilgrims on their way to the permanent Hajj camp for airlift to Mecca in Sokoto State.<\/p>\n<p>The pilgrims from Isa local government were whisked away by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/20\/gunmen-abduct-village-head-son-in-bauchi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gunmen<\/a> yesterday night from Gundumi village.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Nation, incident left families, friends and relatives of the intending pilgrims in shock and grief.<\/p>\n<p>Permanent Secretary, State Pilgrims Welfare Agency, Shehu Muhammad Dange, said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/21\/herdsmen-storm-enugu-community-kidnap-six-pilgrims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pilgrims<\/a> were kidnapped along with family members and a security escort attached to them.<\/p>\n<p>The state police spokesman said he was not aware of the development as he was attending a seminar in Kano but a statement by Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Isah Bajini Galadanci, confirmed the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Bajini also said, \u201cAll the 21 intending pilgrims, relatives and the escort have been rescued. 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