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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Gunmen dressed in army uniform have abducted a popular ex-militant leader, High Chief Sobomabo Jackrich, aka Egberipapa, from his Usokun country home in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State.<\/p>\n

Sources close to the ex-militant leader said the gunmen stormed his home around 3:00 am on Monday, killed two of his lieutenants and took him away to an unknown place.<\/p>\n

One of the sources, however, believed that the attack was carried out by the Military, adding that some army branded vehicles, including an Armoured Personnel Carriers were used for the operation.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Gunmen dressed in army uniform have abducted a popular ex-militant leader, High Chief Sobomabo Jackrich, aka Egberipapa, from his Usokun country home in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State. Sources close to the ex-militant leader said the gunmen stormed his home around 3:00 am on Monday, killed two of his lieutenants […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":115361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,1578,13204,190,254],"class_list":["post-115363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-breaking","tag-egberipapa","tag-gunmen","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"\nGunmen abduct ex-militant leader Egberipapa, kill two aides - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gunmen dressed in army uniform have abducted a popular ex-militant leader, High Chief Sobomabo Jackrich, aka Egberipapa, ...\" \/>\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\/nigeria\/policy\/gunmen-abduct-ex-militant-leader-egberipapa-kill-two-aides\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gunmen abduct ex-militant leader Egberipapa, kill two aides\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gunmen dressed in army uniform have abducted a popular ex-militant leader, High Chief Sobomabo Jackrich, aka Egberipapa, ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gunmen-abduct-ex-militant-leader-egberipapa-kill-two-aides\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-04-08T19:58:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-08T22:38:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/sm_1712599249.086262.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\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=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gunmen-abduct-ex-militant-leader-egberipapa-kill-two-aides#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gunmen-abduct-ex-militant-leader-egberipapa-kill-two-aides\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Gunmen abduct ex-militant leader Egberipapa, kill two aides\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-08T19:58:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-08T22:38:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gunmen-abduct-ex-militant-leader-egberipapa-kill-two-aides\"},\"wordCount\":110,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gunmen-abduct-ex-militant-leader-egberipapa-kill-two-aides#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/sm_1712599249.086262.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"breaking\",\"Egberipapa\",\"Gunmen\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gunmen-abduct-ex-militant-leader-egberipapa-kill-two-aides#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gunmen-abduct-ex-militant-leader-egberipapa-kill-two-aides\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gunmen-abduct-ex-militant-leader-egberipapa-kill-two-aides\",\"name\":\"Gunmen abduct ex-militant leader Egberipapa, kill two aides - 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