{"id":150108,"date":"2025-02-12T09:38:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T08:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/gunmen-kill-two-police-officers-in-yobe"},"modified":"2025-02-15T23:49:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T22:49:32","slug":"gunmen-kill-two-police-officers-in-yobe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gunmen-kill-two-police-officers-in-yobe","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen kill two police officers in Yobe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Yobe State Police Command has confirmed the killing of two police officers at the Kolere Police Outpost in Fune Local Government Area.<\/p>\n<p>DSP Ali Pindar was killed in late January 2025, allegedly by hoodlums.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to his death, DSP Pindar had arrested a high-profile gang leader and transferred the suspect to the Damagum Divisional Police Headquartres.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect was arraigned and granted bail.<\/p>\n<p>The second incident occurred on February 9, when DSP Jantuku Philibus, the outpost\u2019s officer-in-charge, was killed while attempting to arrest a suspect.<\/p>\n<p>DSP Philibus killed one of the attackers before being overpowered and fatally injured.<\/p>\n<p>SP Dungus Abdulkarim, the command\u2019s Public Relations Officer, confirmed the incidents.<\/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. Yobe State Police Command has confirmed the killing of two police officers at the Kolere Police Outpost in Fune Local Government Area. DSP Ali Pindar was killed in late January 2025, allegedly by hoodlums. Prior to his death, DSP Pindar had arrested a high-profile gang leader and transferred the suspect to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":150107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[190,254,165,334],"class_list":["post-150108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-gunmen","tag-nigeria","tag-police","tag-yobe"],"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>Gunmen kill two police officers in Yobe - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Yobe State Police Command has confirmed the killing of two police officers at the Kolere Police Outpost in Fune Local Go ...\" \/>\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\/all-news\/gunmen-kill-two-police-officers-in-yobe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gunmen kill two police officers in Yobe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Yobe State Police Command has confirmed the killing of two police officers at the Kolere Police Outpost in Fune Local Go ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gunmen-kill-two-police-officers-in-yobe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-12T08:38:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-15T22:49:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1739340800.4774.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=\"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\/all-news\/gunmen-kill-two-police-officers-in-yobe#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gunmen-kill-two-police-officers-in-yobe\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Gunmen kill two police officers in Yobe\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-12T08:38:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-15T22:49:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gunmen-kill-two-police-officers-in-yobe\"},\"wordCount\":128,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gunmen-kill-two-police-officers-in-yobe#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1739340800.4774.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gunmen\",\"Nigeria\",\"Police\",\"Yobe\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gunmen-kill-two-police-officers-in-yobe#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gunmen-kill-two-police-officers-in-yobe\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gunmen-kill-two-police-officers-in-yobe\",\"name\":\"Gunmen kill two police officers in Yobe - 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