{"id":178660,"date":"2025-09-13T07:39:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T06:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-on-alert-as-boko-haram-insurgents-sighted-in-yobe"},"modified":"2025-09-13T08:38:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T07:38:03","slug":"police-on-alert-as-boko-haram-insurgents-sighted-in-yobe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-on-alert-as-boko-haram-insurgents-sighted-in-yobe","title":{"rendered":"Police on alert as Boko Haram insurgents sighted in Yobe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Yobe State Police Command has raised an alert after suspected Boko Haram fighters were sighted in Tarmuwa Local Government Area of the state on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Sources told security analyst, Zagazola Makama that about 25 motorcycles and two gun trucks loaded with armed insurgents were spotted around Mafa bush, a location earlier rumored to have been attacked.<\/p>\n<p>The sighting came shortly after a false report claiming that Boko Haram killed dozens of people and buried 84 bodies in Yobe went viral. The report was later debunked, with the newspaper that published it admitting the story was from a past incident.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, sources said the insurgents had a misunderstanding among themselves, leading to a brief exchange of gunfire, though the cause of the clash was not clear.<\/p>\n<p>Following the development, troops of Operation HADIN KAI and Divisional Police Officers in nearby areas have been placed on high alert. Security has also been strengthened around Babangida and other parts of Yobe to prevent any possible attack.<\/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 Yobe State Police Command has raised an alert after suspected Boko Haram fighters were sighted in Tarmuwa Local Government Area of the state on Thursday. Sources told security analyst, Zagazola Makama that about 25 motorcycles and two gun trucks loaded with armed insurgents were spotted around Mafa bush, a location earlier [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":178659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[45,869,254,334],"class_list":["post-178660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-boko-haram","tag-insurgents","tag-nigeria","tag-yobe"],"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 on alert as Boko Haram insurgents sighted in Yobe - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Yobe State Police Command has raised an alert after suspected Boko Haram fighters were sighted in Tarmuwa Local Gove ...\" \/>\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\/police-on-alert-as-boko-haram-insurgents-sighted-in-yobe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police on alert as Boko Haram insurgents sighted in Yobe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Yobe State Police Command has raised an alert after suspected Boko Haram fighters were sighted in Tarmuwa Local Gove ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-on-alert-as-boko-haram-insurgents-sighted-in-yobe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-13T06:39:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-13T07:38:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1757736683.919673.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\/policy\/police-on-alert-as-boko-haram-insurgents-sighted-in-yobe#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-on-alert-as-boko-haram-insurgents-sighted-in-yobe\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Police on alert as Boko Haram insurgents sighted in Yobe\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-13T06:39:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-13T07:38:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-on-alert-as-boko-haram-insurgents-sighted-in-yobe\"},\"wordCount\":184,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-on-alert-as-boko-haram-insurgents-sighted-in-yobe#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1757736683.919673.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Boko Haram\",\"insurgents\",\"Nigeria\",\"Yobe\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-on-alert-as-boko-haram-insurgents-sighted-in-yobe#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-on-alert-as-boko-haram-insurgents-sighted-in-yobe\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-on-alert-as-boko-haram-insurgents-sighted-in-yobe\",\"name\":\"Police on alert as Boko Haram insurgents sighted in Yobe - 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