{"id":153215,"date":"2025-02-27T21:29:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T20:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/jtf-thwarts-ransom-deal-neutralizes-bandits-in-zamfara-forest"},"modified":"2025-02-27T23:32:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T22:32:43","slug":"jtf-thwarts-ransom-deal-neutralizes-bandits-in-zamfara-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/jtf-thwarts-ransom-deal-neutralizes-bandits-in-zamfara-forest","title":{"rendered":"JTF thwarts ransom deal, neutralizes bandits in Zamfara forest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Security operatives of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Zamfara State have successfully foiled a ransom payment operation and neutralized a group of bandits in Ganuwa forest, Tsafe Local Government Area.<\/p>\n<p>The operation, which took place on Wednesday, was disclosed in a post on the official X handle of security analyst Zagazola Makama.<\/p>\n<p>According to the post, the JTF operatives acted on intelligence about an attempt to deliver ransom money for the release of a kidnapped victim.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bandits reportedly emerged from their hideout to collect the ransom but ran into the waiting security personnel,\u201d the post stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUpon sighting the operatives, the criminals opened fire, leading to a fierce gun battle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post further revealed that the JTF operatives strategically held their ground, allowing the assailants to exhaust their ammunition before engaging and neutralizing them.<\/p>\n<p>Two motorcycles and weapons belonging to the bandits were recovered from the scene.<\/p>\n<p>It was also confirmed that the kidnapped victim was safely rescued and has since been reunited with his family in good health.<\/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. Security operatives of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Zamfara State have successfully foiled a ransom payment operation and neutralized a group of bandits in Ganuwa forest, Tsafe Local Government Area. The operation, which took place on Wednesday, was disclosed in a post on the official X handle of security analyst Zagazola [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":153214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[16068,254,150],"class_list":["post-153215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-21-bandits","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>JTF thwarts ransom deal, neutralizes bandits in Zamfara forest - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Security operatives of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Zamfara State have successfully foiled a ransom payment operation a ...\" \/>\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\/jtf-thwarts-ransom-deal-neutralizes-bandits-in-zamfara-forest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"JTF thwarts ransom deal, neutralizes bandits in Zamfara forest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Security operatives of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Zamfara State have successfully foiled a ransom payment operation a ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/jtf-thwarts-ransom-deal-neutralizes-bandits-in-zamfara-forest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-27T20:29:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-27T22:32:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1740679775.984236.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1068\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"753\" \/>\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\/jtf-thwarts-ransom-deal-neutralizes-bandits-in-zamfara-forest#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/jtf-thwarts-ransom-deal-neutralizes-bandits-in-zamfara-forest\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"JTF thwarts ransom deal, neutralizes bandits in Zamfara forest\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-27T20:29:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-27T22:32:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/jtf-thwarts-ransom-deal-neutralizes-bandits-in-zamfara-forest\"},\"wordCount\":192,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/jtf-thwarts-ransom-deal-neutralizes-bandits-in-zamfara-forest#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1740679775.984236.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"21 bandits\",\"Nigeria\",\"Zamfara\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/jtf-thwarts-ransom-deal-neutralizes-bandits-in-zamfara-forest#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/jtf-thwarts-ransom-deal-neutralizes-bandits-in-zamfara-forest\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/jtf-thwarts-ransom-deal-neutralizes-bandits-in-zamfara-forest\",\"name\":\"JTF thwarts ransom deal, neutralizes bandits in Zamfara forest - 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