{"id":168989,"date":"2025-07-10T11:50:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T10:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/troops-repel-bandit-attack-on-kebbi-community"},"modified":"2025-07-10T12:53:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T11:53:58","slug":"troops-repel-bandit-attack-on-kebbi-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-repel-bandit-attack-on-kebbi-community","title":{"rendered":"Troops repel bandit attack on Kebbi community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Troops of the 223 Light Battalion, Zuru, in collaboration with the Nigerian Air Force, have successfully repelled a major bandit attack on Ribah town in Danko Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State.<\/p>\n<p>The attempted invasion, which took place on Wednesday, saw more than 400 armed bandits launch a coordinated assault on the community.<\/p>\n<p>A fierce exchange of gunfire followed, resulting in the deaths of several assailants. While some of the attackers managed to evacuate the bodies of their fallen comrades, others were left behind, alongside weapons which were recovered by security forces.<\/p>\n<p>Sources confirmed that a Nigerian Air Force fighter jet provided crucial aerial support during the encounter, targeting retreating bandits and inflicting further casualties.<\/p>\n<p>The Director of Security at the Kebbi State Cabinet Office, Alhaji AbdulRahman Zagga, confirmed the incident in Birnin Kebbi, stating that normalcy had since been restored to the affected area. He added that the attackers were suspected to be the same group responsible for recent violence in parts of Niger State before crossing into Kebbi.<\/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. Troops of the 223 Light Battalion, Zuru, in collaboration with the Nigerian Air Force, have successfully repelled a major bandit attack on Ribah town in Danko Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State. The attempted invasion, which took place on Wednesday, saw more than 400 armed bandits launch a coordinated assault on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":168988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[3742,2329,254,1665],"class_list":["post-168989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-bandit","tag-kebbi","tag-nigeria","tag-troops"],"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>Troops repel bandit attack on Kebbi community - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Troops of the 223 Light Battalion, Zuru, in collaboration with the Nigerian Air Force, have successfully repelled a majo ...\" \/>\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\/troops-repel-bandit-attack-on-kebbi-community\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Troops repel bandit attack on Kebbi community\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Troops of the 223 Light Battalion, Zuru, in collaboration with the Nigerian Air Force, have successfully repelled a majo ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-repel-bandit-attack-on-kebbi-community\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-10T10:50:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-10T11:53:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1752135930.22592.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\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\/all-news\/troops-repel-bandit-attack-on-kebbi-community#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-repel-bandit-attack-on-kebbi-community\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Troops repel bandit attack on Kebbi community\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-10T10:50:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-10T11:53:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-repel-bandit-attack-on-kebbi-community\"},\"wordCount\":188,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-repel-bandit-attack-on-kebbi-community#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1752135930.22592.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"bandit\",\"Kebbi\",\"Nigeria\",\"Troops\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-repel-bandit-attack-on-kebbi-community#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-repel-bandit-attack-on-kebbi-community\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-repel-bandit-attack-on-kebbi-community\",\"name\":\"Troops repel bandit attack on Kebbi community - 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