{"id":6896,"date":"2026-06-14T23:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T23:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/home\/nigeria-gunmen-kill-17-farmers-in-attack"},"modified":"2026-06-15T01:12:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T01:12:29","slug":"nigeria-gunmen-kill-17-farmers-in-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/policy\/nigeria-gunmen-kill-17-farmers-in-attack","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria: Gunmen Kill 17 Farmers in Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press. <\/strong> <\/span>Gunmen killed at least 17 farmers and injured at least 13 others while they were working in their fields in northwestern Nigeria, according to a local official and a resident.<\/p>\n<p>The attack occurred in the town of Goron Nmaiye in the Maradun area of Zamfara State. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but assaults by armed gangs have surged in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>Shehu Musa, a resident of Maradun, told a local source, &#8220;The farmers were working in their fields when they were suddenly attacked by bandits who killed 17 of them,&#8221; adding that the injured are receiving treatment at a hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Sanusi Dosara, the head of the local government in Maradun, stated in a statement that the attack was a result of the Zamfara State government&#8217;s refusal to negotiate with the armed groups. Dosara urged government forces to dismantle the stronghold of &#8220;Bayan-Ruwa&#8221; in the Maradun forests, where the gunmen are hiding.<\/p>\n<p>Last Thursday, gunmen kidnapped 39 people in the town of Magamin Dadi, one of the communities in Maradun, while residents were holding a meeting with the parents of one of the suspected gang leaders in an attempt to reach a peace agreement and address the kidnapping crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The armed insurgency in northeastern Nigeria, along with ransom kidnappings, has resulted in the deaths of thousands and the displacement of millions over the years, according to the United Nations, despite repeated pledges by President Bola Tinubu to curb this crisis.<\/p>\n<p>President Bola Tinubu announced that more than 13,000 &#8220;terrorists&#8221; were killed last year, asserting that the number of insurgency victims in the country has decreased by 81% since he took office in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa, has faced an insurgency from extremist groups for years in the north, and the situation is further complicated by the infiltration of extremist groups from the Sahel region, as well as attacks by criminal gangs not linked to any specific ideology, locally known as &#8220;bandits.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>President Tinubu, who is preparing for presidential elections next January, declared a nationwide state of emergency last November as his government sought to address a wave of mass kidnappings and armed violence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Africa<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press. Gunmen killed at least 17 farmers and injured at least 13 others while they were working in their fields in northwestern Nigeria, according to a local official and a resident. The attack occurred in the town of Goron Nmaiye in the Maradun area of Zamfara State. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":6895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[120],"class_list":{"0":"post-6896","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-policy","8":"tag-africa"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nigeria: Gunmen Kill 17 Farmers in Attack - Africa Press English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gunmen killed at least 17 farmers and injured at least 13 others while they were working in their fields\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/policy\/nigeria-gunmen-kill-17-farmers-in-attack\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nigeria: Gunmen Kill 17 Farmers in Attack\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gunmen killed at least 17 farmers and injured at least 13 others while they were working in their fields\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/policy\/nigeria-gunmen-kill-17-farmers-in-attack\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Africa Press English\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-14T23:42:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-15T01:12:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/africa-home\/sites\/69\/2026\/06\/sm_1781485750.329367.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"955\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/policy\/nigeria-gunmen-kill-17-farmers-in-attack#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/policy\/nigeria-gunmen-kill-17-farmers-in-attack\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Nigeria: Gunmen Kill 17 Farmers in Attack\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-14T23:42:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-15T01:12:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/policy\/nigeria-gunmen-kill-17-farmers-in-attack\"},\"wordCount\":372,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/policy\/nigeria-gunmen-kill-17-farmers-in-attack#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/africa-home\/sites\/69\/2026\/06\/sm_1781485750.329367.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/policy\/nigeria-gunmen-kill-17-farmers-in-attack#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/policy\/nigeria-gunmen-kill-17-farmers-in-attack\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/policy\/nigeria-gunmen-kill-17-farmers-in-attack\",\"name\":\"Nigeria: Gunmen Kill 17 Farmers in Attack - 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