{"id":11401,"date":"2026-05-25T12:07:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T12:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/?p=11401"},"modified":"2026-05-25T12:10:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T12:10:32","slug":"ex-govs-aide-linked-to-kidnap-syndicate-in-katsina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/2026\/05\/25\/ex-govs-aide-linked-to-kidnap-syndicate-in-katsina\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Gov&#8217;s Aide Linked to Kidnap Syndicate in Katsina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Katsina State Government has confirmed that a former Senior Special Assistant on Community Development, Nura Garwa, is under investigation for his alleged involvement in a kidnapping syndicate.<\/p>\n<p>Garwa is one of the suspects paraded by the Katsina State Police Command over the kidnapping of an eight-year-old boy at Sardauna Estate in Katsina metropolis.<\/p>\n<p>Before this incident, Garwa had already been suspended from his position. According to the state&#8217;s Commissioner for Information and Culture, Salisu Zango, Garwa was suspended for diverting empowerment materials meant for communities in Batsari Local Government Area under the state&#8217;s Community Development Programme.<\/p>\n<p>After his suspension, Garwa went on to contest for a seat in the Katsina State House of Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Dikko Umaru Radda described the situation as unfortunate, especially because it involves a public figure who even ran for a legislative seat. He commended the police and other security agencies for their efforts and called on the public to support security measures by reporting suspicious activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Katsina State Government has confirmed that a former Senior Special Assistant on Community Development, Nura Garwa, is under investigation for his alleged involvement in a kidnapping syndicate. Garwa is one of the suspects&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11401"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11403,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11401\/revisions\/11403"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}