{"id":146015,"date":"2025-01-12T17:56:55","date_gmt":"2025-01-12T16:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/zamfara-govt-hails-militarys-renewed-onslaught-against-bandits-laments-civilian-casualties"},"modified":"2025-01-20T12:34:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T11:34:00","slug":"zamfara-govt-hails-militarys-renewed-onslaught-against-bandits-laments-civilian-casualties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-govt-hails-militarys-renewed-onslaught-against-bandits-laments-civilian-casualties","title":{"rendered":"Zamfara govt hails military\u2019s renewed onslaught against bandits, laments civilian casualties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal has hailed the military for the increased assault against bandits who have been terrorizing his state. The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in a weekend air raid, bombed bandits unleashing attacks on villages in Zurmi and Maradun Local Government Areas.<\/p>\n<p>The state government in a statement on Sunday by its spokesperson, Sulaiman Bala Idris in Gusau commiserated with the families of civilian casualties mistaken for bandits during the recent airstrike in Tungar Kara, Zurmi LGA. It explained that the deceased were members of a local vigilante group wrongly identified as fleeing bandits from Gidan Makera in Boko district of Zurmi.<\/p>\n<p>It commended recent precision strikes conducted by the Air Component of Operation Hadarin Daji, which it said had massively neutralized the ability of bandits operating in parts of the North-West and North-Central States.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Military intervention underpins the commitment of the Nigerian Air Force to its constitutional obligation to protect lives and property,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>The commitment of the administration towards federal security efforts in making sure sustained collaboration was reaffirmed by Governor Lawal as maintained in recorded successes in the fight against bandits. It assured the determination for more intelligence sharing, logistics support, and deeper community engagement to help restore peace across the state.<\/p>\n<p>He further regretted the loss of lives among members of the Civilian JTF and local vigilantes during the operation in Tungar Kara and sent his condolences to the families of the fallen heroes, promising that the government would stand by them and added that their sacrifices would not be in vain.<\/p>\n<p>He further called on the people to be watchful, report strange activities, and fully cooperate with the security apparatus as part of their contributions toward this single fight against banditry.<\/p>\n<p>The statement concluded by appealing to all to make a collective effort for lasting peace and stability in Zamfara State.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal has hailed the military for the increased assault against bandits who have been terrorizing his state. The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in a weekend air raid, bombed bandits unleashing attacks on villages in Zurmi and Maradun Local Government Areas. The state government in a statement on Sunday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":146014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[10048,7871,15507,254,150],"class_list":["post-146015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-dauda-lawal","tag-jtf","tag-lakurawan","tag-nigeria","tag-zamfara"],"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>Zamfara govt hails military\u2019s renewed onslaught against bandits, laments civilian casualties - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal has hailed the military for the increased assault against bandits who have been terr ...\" \/>\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\/zamfara-govt-hails-militarys-renewed-onslaught-against-bandits-laments-civilian-casualties\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zamfara govt hails military\u2019s renewed onslaught against bandits, laments civilian casualties\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal has hailed the military for the increased assault against bandits who have been terr ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-govt-hails-militarys-renewed-onslaught-against-bandits-laments-civilian-casualties\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-01-12T16:56:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-01-20T11:34:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/sm_1736692463.201992.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\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\/zamfara-govt-hails-militarys-renewed-onslaught-against-bandits-laments-civilian-casualties#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-govt-hails-militarys-renewed-onslaught-against-bandits-laments-civilian-casualties\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Zamfara govt hails military\u2019s renewed onslaught against bandits, laments civilian casualties\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-12T16:56:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-20T11:34:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-govt-hails-militarys-renewed-onslaught-against-bandits-laments-civilian-casualties\"},\"wordCount\":335,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-govt-hails-militarys-renewed-onslaught-against-bandits-laments-civilian-casualties#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/sm_1736692463.201992.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Dauda Lawal\",\"JTF\",\"Lakurawan\",\"Nigeria\",\"Zamfara\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-govt-hails-militarys-renewed-onslaught-against-bandits-laments-civilian-casualties#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-govt-hails-militarys-renewed-onslaught-against-bandits-laments-civilian-casualties\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-govt-hails-militarys-renewed-onslaught-against-bandits-laments-civilian-casualties\",\"name\":\"Zamfara govt hails military\u2019s renewed onslaught against bandits, laments civilian casualties - 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