{
  "id": 8108738,
  "title": "Oyo abduction: Victims drank dirty water, ate rice without salt — Witness",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/oyo-abduction-victims-drank-dirty-water-ate-rice-without-salt-witness-8108738",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T21:58:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/oyo-abduction-victims-drank-dirty-water-ate-rice-without-salt-witness/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A witness has recounted the harrowing ordeal of schoolchildren and teachers abducted in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State on May 15, 2026, in a five-hour testimony at the Federal High Court in Abuja. The victim, identified as \"AAA,\" detailed the 56 days of captivity the victims endured, facing hunger, thirst, exposure, and brutal treatment. She described how the captors moved the victims through six different locations in the bush, often without footwear, sleeping on grass and exposed to extreme weather conditions. The witness also testified that the victims, including young children, were forced to drink dirty water and eat rice without salt after the kidnappers ran out of salt.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "BusinessDay Nigeria",
        "title": "Oyo school abduction: DSS witness recounts 56-day ordeal of 49 victims",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/oyo-school-abduction-dss-witness-recounts-56-day-ordeal-of-49-victims",
        "published": "2026-09-17T18:55:08.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "Oyo abduction: Victims drank dirty water, ate rice without salt — Witness",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/oyo-abduction-victims-drank-dirty-water-ate-rice-without-salt-witness",
        "published": "2026-09-17T21:56:42.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}