{"id":192657,"date":"2026-01-25T09:27:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T08:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/kwara-bandits-under-fire-as-military-intensifies-operations"},"modified":"2026-01-25T10:42:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T09:42:05","slug":"kwara-bandits-under-fire-as-military-intensifies-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kwara-bandits-under-fire-as-military-intensifies-operations","title":{"rendered":"Kwara: Bandits under fire as military intensifies operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Fresh military onslaughts on terrorist camps in parts of Edu, Ifelodun, and Patigi Local Government Areas of Kwara State have neutralized many kidnappers and terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>Security sources confirmed that the military operations hit bandits\u2019 camps operated by notorious kidnappers and terrorists with hideouts in Baba Sango (Ifelodun), Gbugbu (Edu), and Lata (Patigi) local government areas of the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is obvious that \u2018Operation India\u2019 has put the bandits in disarray and displaced them from their positions,\u201d according to preliminary security report from the theatre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, operations are impeded by activities of moles and informants within different communities who give out information about troops movement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A military source said the ongoing operations have destroyed many of their camps, while many of the bandits and terrorists also sustained varying degrees of injuries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cResidents need to be vigilant. They need to speak up about the informants who give out information about troops movement. This is important for more success,\u201d the source added.<\/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. Fresh military onslaughts on terrorist camps in parts of Edu, Ifelodun, and Patigi Local Government Areas of Kwara State have neutralized many kidnappers and terrorists. Security sources confirmed that the military operations hit bandits\u2019 camps operated by notorious kidnappers and terrorists with hideouts in Baba Sango (Ifelodun), Gbugbu (Edu), and Lata (Patigi) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":192655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-192657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","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>Kwara: Bandits under fire as military intensifies operations - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Fresh military onslaughts on terrorist camps in parts of Edu, Ifelodun, and Patigi Local Government Areas of Kwara State ...\" \/>\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\/kwara-bandits-under-fire-as-military-intensifies-operations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kwara: Bandits under fire as military intensifies operations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Fresh military onslaughts on terrorist camps in parts of Edu, Ifelodun, and Patigi Local Government Areas of Kwara State ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kwara-bandits-under-fire-as-military-intensifies-operations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-25T08:27:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-25T09:42:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/sm_1769333848.290823.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\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\/kwara-bandits-under-fire-as-military-intensifies-operations#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kwara-bandits-under-fire-as-military-intensifies-operations\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kwara: Bandits under fire as military intensifies operations\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-25T08:27:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-25T09:42:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kwara-bandits-under-fire-as-military-intensifies-operations\"},\"wordCount\":179,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kwara-bandits-under-fire-as-military-intensifies-operations#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/sm_1769333848.290823.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kwara-bandits-under-fire-as-military-intensifies-operations#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kwara-bandits-under-fire-as-military-intensifies-operations\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kwara-bandits-under-fire-as-military-intensifies-operations\",\"name\":\"Kwara: Bandits under fire as military intensifies operations - 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