{"id":146634,"date":"2025-01-18T15:14:12","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T14:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/fear-as-bandits-launch-fresh-attack-on-sokoto-village"},"modified":"2025-01-24T19:45:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T18:45:02","slug":"fear-as-bandits-launch-fresh-attack-on-sokoto-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fear-as-bandits-launch-fresh-attack-on-sokoto-village","title":{"rendered":"Fear as bandits launch fresh attack on Sokoto village"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Armed bandits executed a brutal attack on Nasarawa Gabas, a locality in the Dunkawa region of Sabon Birni Local Government Area in Sokoto State, pillaging food supplies and various valuable belongings from the homes of residents.<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitnesses stated that during the late hours of Friday night, the assailant, wielding a rifle, approached various houses, compelling residents to surrender bags of food and other supplies.<\/p>\n<p>Sources informed Zagazola Makama, a counter-terrorism expert in lake Chad region that the same bandit reportedly stayed overnight in the adjacent community of Idi.<\/p>\n<p>Following the development, residents are worried about additional assaults in the region.<\/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. Armed bandits executed a brutal attack on Nasarawa Gabas, a locality in the Dunkawa region of Sabon Birni Local Government Area in Sokoto State, pillaging food supplies and various valuable belongings from the homes of residents. 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