{"id":121179,"date":"2024-06-10T22:39:59","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T21:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/troops-kill-4-bandits-in-kaduna-niger"},"modified":"2024-06-11T00:47:14","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T23:47:14","slug":"troops-kill-4-bandits-in-kaduna-niger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-kill-4-bandits-in-kaduna-niger","title":{"rendered":"Troops kill 4 bandits in Kaduna, Niger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigerian Army troops have neutralised four bandits in Kaduna and Niger states just as they recovered arms and ammunition.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement on its X account, the army said: \u201cIn a series of recent counter-terrorism operations, troops of the Nigerian Army deployed in Kaduna and Niger States have dealt terrorists marauding in the states a bloody nose, as the gallant troops neutralised four terrorists during clearance and ambush operations in the states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Kaduna State, the troops acting on actionable intelligence conducted clearance operations around Rijana Forest. The operations targeted terrorists\u2019 hideouts in Amale, Gidan Jatua, Gidan Danfulani, and Gidan Duna villages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe troops en route to Gidan Dutse encountered terrorists at Koko Hill in Rijana Forest. In the combat engagement that followed, the troops neutralised three terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d The troops recovered three AK-47 rifles, two motorbikes, two AK-47 magazines, 19 rounds of 7.62mm (special) ammunition, two mobile phones, and two MP3 players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTroops in an ambush operation in Niger State have also neutralised one terrorist around Katako village, along Zungeru-Tegina Road. The troops also recovered one AK-47 rifle with one magazine containing 29 rounds of 7.62mm (special) ammunition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdditionally, a GSM handset, a cash sum of twenty-seven thousand, eight hundred naira (N27,800) only, two GSM SIM cards, three USB cords, and some assorted drugs were seized by the troops.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Nigerian Army troops have neutralised four bandits in Kaduna and Niger states just as they recovered arms and ammunition. According to the statement on its X account, the army said: \u201cIn a series of recent counter-terrorism operations, troops of the Nigerian Army deployed in Kaduna and Niger States have dealt terrorists [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":121178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,96,470,254,1665],"class_list":["post-121179","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-kaduna","tag-niger","tag-nigeria","tag-troops"],"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>Troops kill 4 bandits in Kaduna, Niger - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Nigerian Army troops have neutralised four bandits in Kaduna and Niger states just as they recovered arms and ammuni ...\" \/>\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\/troops-kill-4-bandits-in-kaduna-niger\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Troops kill 4 bandits in Kaduna, Niger\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Nigerian Army troops have neutralised four bandits in Kaduna and Niger states just as they recovered arms and ammuni ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-kill-4-bandits-in-kaduna-niger\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-06-10T21:39:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-06-10T23:47:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/06\/sm_1718046806.623476.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\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\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-kill-4-bandits-in-kaduna-niger#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-kill-4-bandits-in-kaduna-niger\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Troops kill 4 bandits in Kaduna, Niger\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-06-10T21:39:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-10T23:47:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-kill-4-bandits-in-kaduna-niger\"},\"wordCount\":237,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-kill-4-bandits-in-kaduna-niger#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/06\/sm_1718046806.623476.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Kaduna\",\"Niger\",\"Nigeria\",\"Troops\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-kill-4-bandits-in-kaduna-niger#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-kill-4-bandits-in-kaduna-niger\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-kill-4-bandits-in-kaduna-niger\",\"name\":\"Troops kill 4 bandits in Kaduna, Niger - 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