{"id":175870,"date":"2025-08-24T08:51:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T07:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/katsina-gov-blasts-attackers-of-worshipers-as-cowards"},"modified":"2025-08-24T09:53:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T08:53:52","slug":"katsina-gov-blasts-attackers-of-worshipers-as-cowards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/katsina-gov-blasts-attackers-of-worshipers-as-cowards","title":{"rendered":"Katsina Gov Blasts Attackers of Worshipers as Cowards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Katsina State Government has slammed the bandits who attacked and killed worshippers in a Mosque in Malumfashi Local Government of the state, describing then as cowards.<\/p>\n<p>The Acting Governor of the state, Alhaji Faruq Lawal-Jobe, said this in Katsina on Saturday while inaugurating eight new Armoured Personnel Carriers, APC, procured by the state government to strengthen the fight against banditary, stating that the incident was \u201csad and most unfortunate\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In the early hours of Tuesday, August 18, suspected bandits attacked the worshippers during prayer at Unguwan Mantau.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have invested so much in terms of security assets. We have also succeeded at least in securing four of the eight frontline local governments, including Jibia, Batsari, Kankara and Danmusa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, the battle is not over until it is won. And, therefore, we will not relent, we will not be distracted by the cowardly attitude of the bandits, because they are cowards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of confronting the people, they decided to attack them very early in the morning when they were performing their obligatory duties,\u201d Lawal-Jobe said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the government had saluted the courage of the community, \u201cbecause the bandits made several attempts to enter the village, and they made resistance, that is why the bandits resolved to do what they did.<\/p>\n<p>The acting governor disclosed further that the State Government had also sought the intervention of the Federal Government.<\/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. Katsina State Government has slammed the bandits who attacked and killed worshippers in a Mosque in Malumfashi Local Government of the state, describing then as cowards. The Acting Governor of the state, Alhaji Faruq Lawal-Jobe, said this in Katsina on Saturday while inaugurating eight new Armoured Personnel Carriers, APC, procured by the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":175869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[225,254],"class_list":["post-175870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","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>Katsina Gov Blasts Attackers of Worshipers as Cowards - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Katsina State Government has slammed the bandits who attacked and killed worshippers in a Mosque in Malumfashi Local Gov ...\" \/>\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\/katsina-gov-blasts-attackers-of-worshipers-as-cowards\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Katsina Gov Blasts Attackers of Worshipers as Cowards\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Katsina State Government has slammed the bandits who attacked and killed worshippers in a Mosque in Malumfashi Local Gov ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/katsina-gov-blasts-attackers-of-worshipers-as-cowards\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-24T07:51:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-24T08:53:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1756013190.611143.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"667\" \/>\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\/katsina-gov-blasts-attackers-of-worshipers-as-cowards#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/katsina-gov-blasts-attackers-of-worshipers-as-cowards\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Katsina Gov Blasts Attackers of Worshipers as Cowards\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-24T07:51:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-24T08:53:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/katsina-gov-blasts-attackers-of-worshipers-as-cowards\"},\"wordCount\":248,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/katsina-gov-blasts-attackers-of-worshipers-as-cowards#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1756013190.611143.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Katsina\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/katsina-gov-blasts-attackers-of-worshipers-as-cowards#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/katsina-gov-blasts-attackers-of-worshipers-as-cowards\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/katsina-gov-blasts-attackers-of-worshipers-as-cowards\",\"name\":\"Katsina Gov Blasts Attackers of Worshipers as Cowards - 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