{"id":580,"date":"2022-09-26T21:37:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T21:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/?p=580"},"modified":"2026-05-15T10:46:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T10:46:20","slug":"shocking-as-gunmen-kidnap-traditional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/?p=580","title":{"rendered":"Shocking \ud83d\ude31\ud83d\ude31 As Gunmen Kidnap Traditional Ruler [See here\ud83d\udc47]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiInhKvI0OFd9apu3wRMN8RVSgOODTJ9TMaPoZ7qrH61KA0zhBgTYjEP9Y9F74e0n-uGCcmbOtZp-dEyqN9bMjRAdEeVR3zCB001pwAfz-P7h9jsIfbuQAiJ-JyyNH1mXCHnq8aCPQI7b_MZYWJw0FXX0LS_EgvXzxtIUV6g1ttAUJCQXJWuBYFBQEGgg\/s840\/Screenshot_20220926-223321_1.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_20220926-223321_1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"662\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_20220926-223321_1.png\" alt=\"Shocking \ud83d\ude31\ud83d\ude31 As Gunmen Kidnap Traditional Ruler [See here\ud83d\udc47] - Image 1\" title=\"Shocking \ud83d\ude31\ud83d\ude31 As Gunmen Kidnap Traditional Ruler [See here\ud83d\udc47] - Image 1\" class=\"wp-image-581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_20220926-223321_1.png 662w, https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_20220926-223321_1-236x300.png 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/><\/a><\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\">..Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a traditional ruler in Tal Chiefdom of Pankshin Local Government Area of Plateau State.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\">HRH Yusuf Nanleng Gutus, the Ngolong Tal (a third class monarch), was kidnapped at about 1am on Monday, September 26, 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\">A resident of the Chiefdom said&nbsp;the abductors are yet to contact the family.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\">Prince Dakup Ezra, Member Representing&nbsp; Panshin South State Constituency, called for calm on the issue, saying that the safe return of the chief is paramount.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\">He called on the people of the chiefdom and the constituency in general to go about their normal businesses and refrain from any act of provocation or taking the law into their own hands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\">Spokesperson of the State Police Command, Alabo Alfred, confirmed the incident, adding that investigation was ongoing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>..Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a traditional ruler in Tal Chiefdom of Pankshin Local Government Area of Plateau State. &nbsp; HRH Yusuf Nanleng Gutus, the Ngolong Tal (a third class monarch), was kidnapped at about 1am on Monday, September 26, 2022. &nbsp; A resident of the Chiefdom said&nbsp;the abductors are yet to contact [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[48,11,62,24,38,63],"class_list":["post-580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized","tag-insecurity","tag-makeup","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-trending","tag-updates"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Shocking \ud83d\ude31\ud83d\ude31 As Gunmen Kidnap Traditional Ruler [See here\ud83d\udc47] - LifestyleGist<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/?p=580\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shocking \ud83d\ude31\ud83d\ude31 As Gunmen Kidnap Traditional Ruler [See here\ud83d\udc47] - LifestyleGist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"..Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a traditional ruler in Tal Chiefdom of Pankshin Local Government Area of Plateau State. &nbsp; 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