{
  "id": 2908557,
  "title": "Kwara attacks: Monarch, Baale’s wife, others feared abducted",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/kwara-attacks-monarch-baales-wife-others-feared-abducted",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T01:14:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/kwara-attacks-monarch-baales-wife-others-feared-abducted/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Suspected bandits have abducted a traditional ruler, Oba Moses Oyinloye Iwedunmoye I, the Kabiyesi Onigbesi of Igbesi land, in Igbesi community within Oke-Onigbin town in Kwara State. According to the Commissioner of Police in Kwara State, Adekimi Ojo, armed bandits invaded the community on Saturday night at about 11 p.m.\n\nThe Daily Post Nigeria reports that a search and rescue mission has been launched by a combined team of soldiers, police, local vigilantes, hunters, and members of Sunday Igboho’s Iru-Ekun group to rescue the monarch. The police commissioner stated that efforts are underway to rescue the victim.\n\nThe Punch reports that a Baale's wife and others were also abducted, however, the police commissioner stated that no other person was kidnapped aside from the monarch. The exact whereabouts of the abducted monarch remain unclear.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Bandits abduct monarch, others in Kwara community",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/bandits-abduct-monarch-others-in-kwara-community",
        "published": "2026-08-23T20:47:50.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Kwara attacks: Monarch, Baale’s wife, others feared abducted",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/kwara-attacks-monarch-baales-wife-others-feared-abducted-2909218",
        "published": "2026-08-24T01:18:16.000Z"
      }
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  "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."
}