{"id":154184,"date":"2025-03-06T20:26:31","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T19:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/gunmen-kill-three-security-personnel-during-attack-on-anti-banditry-office-in-jigawa"},"modified":"2025-03-10T23:54:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T22:54:06","slug":"gunmen-kill-three-security-personnel-during-attack-on-anti-banditry-office-in-jigawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gunmen-kill-three-security-personnel-during-attack-on-anti-banditry-office-in-jigawa","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen kill three security personnel during attack on anti-banditry office in Jigawa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Three people, including two members of the Jigawa State Anti-Banditry, Anti-Kidnapping, and Robbery group, were killed when suspected armed robbers attacked the group\u2019s office in Ringim on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Counter-insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama revealed, saying that according to intelligence sources, the attack occurred around 8:40 p.m at CGC Junction along Dutse Road. About ten assailants, arriving in a black Toyota Sienna, opened fire on the office, killing two operatives and a passerby.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe assailants shot two members of the group, led by Alhaji Yusuf Wakili (alias Rago), as well as a passerby. They also vandalized the Hilux patrol vehicle attached to the group, smashing all its windscreens,\u201d a source disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>Security personnel, led by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), were deployed to the scene, but the attackers had already fled. Five empty shells of 7.62mm ammunition were recovered.<\/p>\n<p>The victims; Shu\u2019aibu Bulo, 30, and Manu Ya\u2019u, 30, both from Majiyawa village in Ringim Local Government Area, and Inusa Jibrin, 35, from Gaya Local Government Area of Kano State were taken to Ringim General Hospital, where they were confirmed dead.<\/p>\n<p>Their remains were later handed over to their families for burial according to Islamic rites.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have yet to release an official statement on the incident, and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.<\/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. Three people, including two members of the Jigawa State Anti-Banditry, Anti-Kidnapping, and Robbery group, were killed when suspected armed robbers attacked the group\u2019s office in Ringim on Wednesday night. Counter-insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama revealed, saying that according to intelligence sources, the attack occurred around 8:40 p.m at CGC Junction along Dutse Road. 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