{"id":173117,"date":"2025-08-08T22:16:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T21:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/zamfara-security-personnel-missing-after-bandit-attack"},"modified":"2025-08-08T23:32:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T22:32:42","slug":"zamfara-security-personnel-missing-after-bandit-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-security-personnel-missing-after-bandit-attack","title":{"rendered":"Zamfara Security Personnel Missing After Bandit Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Many security personnel are reported missing following an attack by armed bandits on the outskirts of Adabka Village in Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State.<\/p>\n<p>According to a post shared on Friday on X by security analyst Zagazola Makama, the attack happened on Thursday night around 8:32 p.m. when a large group of bandits stormed the village, abducting several residents.<\/p>\n<p>Joint security forces quickly responded, leading to a fierce gun battle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the clash, four abducted villagers were rescued. However, two officers from the Police Mobile Force (PMF) and seven members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF) went missing,\u201d Makama wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Search and rescue operations are ongoing to find the missing security personnel and any other abducted residents.<\/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. Many security personnel are reported missing following an attack by armed bandits on the outskirts of Adabka Village in Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State. According to a post shared on Friday on X by security analyst Zagazola Makama, the attack happened on Thursday night around 8:32 p.m. when a large [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":173116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254,165,18311,150],"class_list":["post-173117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria","tag-police","tag-security-personnel","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>Zamfara Security Personnel Missing After Bandit Attack - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Many security personnel are reported missing following an attack by armed bandits on the outskirts of Adabka Village in ...\" \/>\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\/zamfara-security-personnel-missing-after-bandit-attack\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zamfara Security Personnel Missing After Bandit Attack\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Many security personnel are reported missing following an attack by armed bandits on the outskirts of Adabka Village in ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-security-personnel-missing-after-bandit-attack\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-08T21:16:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-08T22:32:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1754679912.207626.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1728\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1152\" \/>\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\/zamfara-security-personnel-missing-after-bandit-attack#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-security-personnel-missing-after-bandit-attack\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Zamfara Security Personnel Missing After Bandit Attack\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-08T21:16:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-08T22:32:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-security-personnel-missing-after-bandit-attack\"},\"wordCount\":139,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-security-personnel-missing-after-bandit-attack#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1754679912.207626.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\",\"Police\",\"security personnel\",\"Zamfara\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-security-personnel-missing-after-bandit-attack#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-security-personnel-missing-after-bandit-attack\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-security-personnel-missing-after-bandit-attack\",\"name\":\"Zamfara Security Personnel Missing After Bandit Attack - 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