{"id":154293,"date":"2025-03-07T19:02:16","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T18:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/lakurawa-terrorist-maigemu-eliminated-in-kebbi"},"modified":"2025-03-19T10:15:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T09:15:25","slug":"lakurawa-terrorist-maigemu-eliminated-in-kebbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lakurawa-terrorist-maigemu-eliminated-in-kebbi","title":{"rendered":"Lakurawa terrorist Maigemu eliminated in Kebbi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A combined team of security operatives, including members of a vigilance group, has eliminated notorious Lakurawa kingpin Maigemu in Kebbi State.<\/p>\n<p>Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert focused on the Lake Chad region, disclosed this on Friday in a post on his X handle.<\/p>\n<p>Makama said intelligence sources informed him that Maigemu was neutralized on Thursday at Kuncin Baba in Arewa Local Government Area after a fierce gun battle.<\/p>\n<p>This development comes just a week after Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi visited Bagiza and Rausa Kade communities in Arewa Local Government Area to condole with residents over the killing of six people by suspected Lakurawa cattle rustlers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the governor\u2019s visit, he assured the affected communities of immediate security reinforcement and strategic measures to tackle criminal activities in the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, his proactive approach has yielded results with the elimination of this kingpin. His corpse is available as evidence,\u201d Makama said, citing intelligence sources.<\/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. A combined team of security operatives, including members of a vigilance group, has eliminated notorious Lakurawa kingpin Maigemu in Kebbi State. Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert focused on the Lake Chad region, disclosed this on Friday in a post on his X handle. Makama said intelligence sources informed him that Maigemu was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":154292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[2329,15309,16247,254],"class_list":["post-154293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-kebbi","tag-lakurawa","tag-maigemu","tag-nigeria"],"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>Lakurawa terrorist Maigemu eliminated in Kebbi - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A combined team of security operatives, including members of a vigilance group, has eliminated notorious Lakurawa kingpi ...\" \/>\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\/lakurawa-terrorist-maigemu-eliminated-in-kebbi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lakurawa terrorist Maigemu eliminated in Kebbi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A combined team of security operatives, including members of a vigilance group, has eliminated notorious Lakurawa kingpi ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lakurawa-terrorist-maigemu-eliminated-in-kebbi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-07T18:02:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-19T09:15:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1741361963.304115.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"768\" \/>\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\/lakurawa-terrorist-maigemu-eliminated-in-kebbi#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lakurawa-terrorist-maigemu-eliminated-in-kebbi\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Lakurawa terrorist Maigemu eliminated in Kebbi\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-07T18:02:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-19T09:15:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lakurawa-terrorist-maigemu-eliminated-in-kebbi\"},\"wordCount\":172,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lakurawa-terrorist-maigemu-eliminated-in-kebbi#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1741361963.304115.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Kebbi\",\"Lakurawa\",\"Maigemu\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lakurawa-terrorist-maigemu-eliminated-in-kebbi#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lakurawa-terrorist-maigemu-eliminated-in-kebbi\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lakurawa-terrorist-maigemu-eliminated-in-kebbi\",\"name\":\"Lakurawa terrorist Maigemu eliminated in Kebbi - 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