{"id":173933,"date":"2025-08-13T08:41:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T07:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/bandits-defy-peace-deal-attack-katsina-villages-kill-one"},"modified":"2025-08-13T10:23:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T09:23:38","slug":"bandits-defy-peace-deal-attack-katsina-villages-kill-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/bandits-defy-peace-deal-attack-katsina-villages-kill-one","title":{"rendered":"Bandits defy peace deal, attack Katsina villages, kill one"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Bandits have attacked Madattai and Gaba-Lafiya communities in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State, killing one person and stealing livestock.<\/p>\n<p>The incident was contained in a post shared on Tuesday night by security analyst Bakatsine on X.<\/p>\n<p>According to the post, the attack happened last Tuesday, despite the February peace deal between bandits and Jibia LGA authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Bakatsine said troops quickly pursued the attackers and recovered the stolen animals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite the February truce between bandits and Jibia LGA authorities, bandits attacked Madattai and Gaba-Lafiya communities in Jibia LGA, Katsina State, last Tuesday, killing one person and rustling livestock. Troops pursued the attackers and recovered the animals,\u201d Bakatsine wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The authorities are yet to release an official statement regarding the incidents.<\/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. Bandits have attacked Madattai and Gaba-Lafiya communities in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State, killing one person and stealing livestock. The incident was contained in a post shared on Tuesday night by security analyst Bakatsine on X. According to the post, the attack happened last Tuesday, despite the February peace deal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":173932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[591,225,254],"class_list":["post-173933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-bandits","tag-katsina","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 defy peace deal, attack Katsina villages, kill one - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bandits have attacked Madattai and Gaba-Lafiya communities in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State, killing one ...\" \/>\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-defy-peace-deal-attack-katsina-villages-kill-one\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bandits defy peace deal, attack Katsina villages, kill one\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bandits have attacked Madattai and Gaba-Lafiya communities in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State, killing one ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/bandits-defy-peace-deal-attack-katsina-villages-kill-one\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-13T07:41:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-13T09:23:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755064534.876072.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1536\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1136\" \/>\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-defy-peace-deal-attack-katsina-villages-kill-one#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/bandits-defy-peace-deal-attack-katsina-villages-kill-one\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Bandits defy peace deal, attack Katsina villages, kill one\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-13T07:41:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-13T09:23:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/bandits-defy-peace-deal-attack-katsina-villages-kill-one\"},\"wordCount\":142,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/bandits-defy-peace-deal-attack-katsina-villages-kill-one#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755064534.876072.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"bandits\",\"Katsina\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/bandits-defy-peace-deal-attack-katsina-villages-kill-one#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/bandits-defy-peace-deal-attack-katsina-villages-kill-one\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/bandits-defy-peace-deal-attack-katsina-villages-kill-one\",\"name\":\"Bandits defy peace deal, attack Katsina villages, kill one - 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