{"id":176284,"date":"2025-08-27T12:31:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T11:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-deny-sending-rescued-child-to-orphanage-in-kebbi"},"modified":"2025-08-27T13:43:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T12:43:14","slug":"police-deny-sending-rescued-child-to-orphanage-in-kebbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-deny-sending-rescued-child-to-orphanage-in-kebbi","title":{"rendered":"Police deny sending rescued child to orphanage in Kebbi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Kebbi State Police Command has dismissed allegations that it placed a rescued child, Ezechukwu, in a state orphanage.<\/p>\n<p>The claim was made by a former Kebbi corps member, but the police described it as false.<\/p>\n<p>Command spokesperson, CSP Nafiu Abubakar, said the police\u2019s primary duty is to protect lives and property, and that the allegations were intended to tarnish the image of the Kebbi Police Command.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe claims are completely unfounded. We remain focused on our core responsibilities,\u201d he said, urging the public to disregard the report.<\/p>\n<p>The statement also warned that the police would take legal action against individuals spreading false information.<\/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. The Kebbi State Police Command has dismissed allegations that it placed a rescued child, Ezechukwu, in a state orphanage. The claim was made by a former Kebbi corps member, but the police described it as false. Command spokesperson, CSP Nafiu Abubakar, said the police\u2019s primary duty is to protect lives and property, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":176283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[2329,254,165],"class_list":["post-176284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-kebbi","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>Police deny sending rescued child to orphanage in Kebbi - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Kebbi State Police Command has dismissed allegations that it placed a rescued child, Ezechukwu, in a state orphanage ...\" \/>\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\/police-deny-sending-rescued-child-to-orphanage-in-kebbi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police deny sending rescued child to orphanage in Kebbi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Kebbi State Police Command has dismissed allegations that it placed a rescued child, Ezechukwu, in a state orphanage ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-deny-sending-rescued-child-to-orphanage-in-kebbi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-27T11:31:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-27T12:43:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1756286144.54752.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=\"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\/police-deny-sending-rescued-child-to-orphanage-in-kebbi#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-deny-sending-rescued-child-to-orphanage-in-kebbi\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Police deny sending rescued child to orphanage in Kebbi\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-27T11:31:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-27T12:43:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-deny-sending-rescued-child-to-orphanage-in-kebbi\"},\"wordCount\":126,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-deny-sending-rescued-child-to-orphanage-in-kebbi#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1756286144.54752.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Kebbi\",\"Nigeria\",\"Police\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-deny-sending-rescued-child-to-orphanage-in-kebbi#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-deny-sending-rescued-child-to-orphanage-in-kebbi\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-deny-sending-rescued-child-to-orphanage-in-kebbi\",\"name\":\"Police deny sending rescued child to orphanage in Kebbi - 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