{
  "id": 16173833,
  "title": "Five kidnapped Sheikhs travelling to pray for Tinubu’s re-election still in custody 41 days after",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/five-kidnapped-sheikhs-travelling-to-pray-for-tinubus-re-election",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T10:02:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/10/23/abducted-islamic-clerics-traveling-to-pray-for-tinubus-re-election-still-in-custody-41-days-after/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Five Islamic clerics abducted by bandits in Zamfara State after attending a prayer gathering for President Bola Tinubu have remained in captivity 41 days after their abduction. The development was disclosed by Bakatsine, a conflict reporter covering northwestern Nigeria, in a post on X on Friday. “UPDATE: The Islamic scholars are still in the hands […] Five kidnapped Sheikhs travelling to pray…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "You impoverished Nigerians, Obasanjo attacks Tinubu’s reforms",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/you-impoverished-nigerians-obasanjo-attacks-tinubus-reforms",
        "published": "2026-10-23T01:56:51.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}