{"id":154134,"date":"2025-03-06T08:43:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T07:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/bandits-kill-12-vigilantes-abduct-four-in-zamfara"},"modified":"2025-03-10T23:41:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T22:41:37","slug":"bandits-kill-12-vigilantes-abduct-four-in-zamfara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/bandits-kill-12-vigilantes-abduct-four-in-zamfara","title":{"rendered":"Bandits kill 12 vigilantes, abduct four in Zamfara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Armed bandits attacked Sabuwar Tunga community in Adabka ward, Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State on Tuesday, killing 12 vigilante members and abducting four residents.<\/p>\n<p>According to a post by security analyst Zagazola Makama on X on Wednesday night, the attack began when the gunmen stormed the village but were initially repelled by local vigilantes.<\/p>\n<p>However, as the security volunteers pursued the assailants into the forest, the bandits regrouped and ambushed them.<\/p>\n<p>A security source in the area confirmed the attack, stating, \u201cThe community initially repelled them, but unfortunately, the bandits regrouped and ambushed our men, leading to the tragic loss of 12 members.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The assailants inflicted heavy casualties on the vigilantes before retreating deeper into the forest with their captives.<\/p>\n<p>Security forces have yet to issue an official statement regarding the incident.<\/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 attacked Sabuwar Tunga community in Adabka ward, Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State on Tuesday, killing 12 vigilante members and abducting four residents. According to a post by security analyst Zagazola Makama on X on Wednesday night, the attack began when the gunmen stormed the village but were initially [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":154133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[591,254,150],"class_list":["post-154134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-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>Bandits kill 12 vigilantes, abduct four in Zamfara - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Armed bandits attacked Sabuwar Tunga community in Adabka ward, Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State on Tuesda ...\" \/>\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\/bandits-kill-12-vigilantes-abduct-four-in-zamfara\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bandits kill 12 vigilantes, abduct four in Zamfara\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Armed bandits attacked Sabuwar Tunga community in Adabka ward, Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State on Tuesda ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/bandits-kill-12-vigilantes-abduct-four-in-zamfara\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-06T07:43:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-10T22:41:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1741239038.738325.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"540\" \/>\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\/bandits-kill-12-vigilantes-abduct-four-in-zamfara#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/bandits-kill-12-vigilantes-abduct-four-in-zamfara\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Bandits kill 12 vigilantes, abduct four in Zamfara\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-06T07:43:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-10T22:41:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/bandits-kill-12-vigilantes-abduct-four-in-zamfara\"},\"wordCount\":151,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/bandits-kill-12-vigilantes-abduct-four-in-zamfara#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1741239038.738325.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"bandits\",\"Nigeria\",\"Zamfara\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/bandits-kill-12-vigilantes-abduct-four-in-zamfara#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/bandits-kill-12-vigilantes-abduct-four-in-zamfara\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/bandits-kill-12-vigilantes-abduct-four-in-zamfara\",\"name\":\"Bandits kill 12 vigilantes, abduct four in Zamfara - 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