{"id":163031,"date":"2025-05-18T23:37:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T22:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/bandits-kill-15-farmers-in-kebbi-community-injure-three"},"modified":"2025-05-19T00:46:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T23:46:13","slug":"bandits-kill-15-farmers-in-kebbi-community-injure-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/bandits-kill-15-farmers-in-kebbi-community-injure-three","title":{"rendered":"Bandits kill 15 farmers in Kebbi community, injure three"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Unidentified gunmen suspected to be bandits have attacked Waje community in Danko Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State, killing no fewer than 15 farmers and injuring at least three others.<\/p>\n<p>The State Governor, Nasir Idris, represented by his Deputy, Umar Tafida, during a condolence visit to the residence of the District Head of Waje, expressed sympathy over the tragic incident and announced a donation from the state government to support the victims\u2019 families.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the gesture was a modest effort by the government to assist the bereaved families and the injured during this difficult time.<\/p>\n<p>The deputy governor also assured the community that the state government would take necessary steps to address insecurity and ensure farmers can safely return to their farmlands.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking, the District Head of Waje, Bala Danbaba, lauded the state government for the visit and the financial assistance, describing it as timely and impactful.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that the Danko Wasagu area shares borders with Niger, Zamfara, and Sokoto States, making it vulnerable to attacks, and appealed for enhanced security measures to block the entry points used by the attackers.<\/p>\n<p>On his part, the Chairman of Danko Wasagu Local Government, Alhaji Hussaini Aliyu Bena, confirmed that 15 farmers were killed and three others injured during 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. Unidentified gunmen suspected to be bandits have attacked Waje community in Danko Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State, killing no fewer than 15 farmers and injuring at least three others. The State Governor, Nasir Idris, represented by his Deputy, Umar Tafida, during a condolence visit to the residence of the District [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":163030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[591,2329,254],"class_list":["post-163031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-bandits","tag-kebbi","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>Bandits kill 15 farmers in Kebbi community, injure three - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Unidentified gunmen suspected to be bandits have attacked Waje community in Danko Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi ...\" \/>\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-15-farmers-in-kebbi-community-injure-three\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bandits kill 15 farmers in Kebbi community, injure three\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Unidentified gunmen suspected to be bandits have attacked Waje community in Danko Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/bandits-kill-15-farmers-in-kebbi-community-injure-three\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-18T22:37:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-18T23:46:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1747599419.975034.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\/bandits-kill-15-farmers-in-kebbi-community-injure-three#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/bandits-kill-15-farmers-in-kebbi-community-injure-three\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Bandits kill 15 farmers in Kebbi community, injure three\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-18T22:37:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-18T23:46:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/bandits-kill-15-farmers-in-kebbi-community-injure-three\"},\"wordCount\":231,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/bandits-kill-15-farmers-in-kebbi-community-injure-three#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1747599419.975034.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"bandits\",\"Kebbi\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/bandits-kill-15-farmers-in-kebbi-community-injure-three#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/bandits-kill-15-farmers-in-kebbi-community-injure-three\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/bandits-kill-15-farmers-in-kebbi-community-injure-three\",\"name\":\"Bandits kill 15 farmers in Kebbi community, injure three - 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