{"id":173126,"date":"2025-08-08T22:17:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T21:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/kwara-community-locked-down-as-army-police-pursue-criminals"},"modified":"2025-08-08T23:33:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T22:33:24","slug":"kwara-community-locked-down-as-army-police-pursue-criminals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwara-community-locked-down-as-army-police-pursue-criminals","title":{"rendered":"Kwara Community Locked Down as Army Police Pursue Criminals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Babanla, a community in Ifelodun Local Government of Kwara State is presently under security lockdown following the activities of armed criminals.<\/p>\n<p>A statement by Rafiu Ajakaye, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, on Friday, said the \u201ccriminals targeted a police station, attempted to loot a few grocery shops, and a hotel in the community before they were repelled by the security forces and bold members of the community\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The government commended the Nigerian army, policemen and members of the community for the swift response to the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, who has been in constant touch with the security commanders and local vigilante, has directed sustained security lockdown of the axis to neutralise the threat and ensure public safety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile further briefings are awaited, the Governor reassures the public that concerted efforts are being made in coordination with the Office of the National Security Adviser, to cleanse the area of the criminals,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>The governor also called for maximum support and asked the people not to panic as security forces conduct operations in the area.<\/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. Babanla, a community in Ifelodun Local Government of Kwara State is presently under security lockdown following the activities of armed criminals. A statement by Rafiu Ajakaye, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, on Friday, said the \u201ccriminals targeted a police station, attempted to loot a few grocery shops, and a hotel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":173125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1205,254,165],"class_list":["post-173126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-kwara","tag-nigeria","tag-police"],"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>Kwara Community Locked Down as Army Police Pursue Criminals - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Babanla, a community in Ifelodun Local Government of Kwara State is presently under security lockdown following the acti ...\" \/>\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\/kwara-community-locked-down-as-army-police-pursue-criminals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kwara Community Locked Down as Army Police Pursue Criminals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Babanla, a community in Ifelodun Local Government of Kwara State is presently under security lockdown following the acti ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwara-community-locked-down-as-army-police-pursue-criminals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-08T21:17:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-08T22:33:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1754679959.082142.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\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\/kwara-community-locked-down-as-army-police-pursue-criminals#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwara-community-locked-down-as-army-police-pursue-criminals\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kwara Community Locked Down as Army Police Pursue Criminals\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-08T21:17:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-08T22:33:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwara-community-locked-down-as-army-police-pursue-criminals\"},\"wordCount\":199,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwara-community-locked-down-as-army-police-pursue-criminals#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1754679959.082142.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Kwara\",\"Nigeria\",\"Police\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwara-community-locked-down-as-army-police-pursue-criminals#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwara-community-locked-down-as-army-police-pursue-criminals\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwara-community-locked-down-as-army-police-pursue-criminals\",\"name\":\"Kwara Community Locked Down as Army Police Pursue Criminals - 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