{"id":177767,"date":"2025-09-05T07:04:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T06:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/security-forces-launch-joint-patrols-at-bwari-kaduna-border"},"modified":"2025-09-05T07:04:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T06:04:42","slug":"security-forces-launch-joint-patrols-at-bwari-kaduna-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/security-forces-launch-joint-patrols-at-bwari-kaduna-border","title":{"rendered":"Security Forces Launch Joint Patrols at Bwari Kaduna Border"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Security operatives have stepped up anti-kidnapping patrols along the Bwari\u2013Kaduna border following credible reports of bandit movement in the area.<\/p>\n<p>The operation, led by the Department of State Services (DSS) and the police Anti-Kidnapping Unit in collaboration with local hunters and vigilantes, was activated after armed men suspected to be bandits were sighted at Kweri Forest near Gidan Dogo in Kaduna State as reported by Zagazola Makama.<\/p>\n<p>During the sweep, security teams combed suspected hideouts and routes used by the gunmen, while a fire drill was conducted in the forest to serve as a deterrent.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian Army Guards Brigade has also been placed on high alert as intelligence efforts continue to track the suspected bandits, believed to be using the forest as a transit corridor to their camps in Kaduna State.<\/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. Security operatives have stepped up anti-kidnapping patrols along the Bwari\u2013Kaduna border following credible reports of bandit movement in the area. The operation, led by the Department of State Services (DSS) and the police Anti-Kidnapping Unit in collaboration with local hunters and vigilantes, was activated after armed men suspected to be bandits were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":177766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[3742,254],"class_list":["post-177767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-bandit","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>Security Forces Launch Joint Patrols at Bwari Kaduna Border - Nigeria<\/title>\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\/uncategorized\/security-forces-launch-joint-patrols-at-bwari-kaduna-border\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Security Forces Launch Joint Patrols at Bwari Kaduna Border\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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