{"id":193883,"date":"2026-02-07T13:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T12:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-neutralise-ied-planted-by-terrorists-in-zamfara"},"modified":"2026-02-07T14:24:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T13:24:41","slug":"police-neutralise-ied-planted-by-terrorists-in-zamfara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-neutralise-ied-planted-by-terrorists-in-zamfara","title":{"rendered":"Police neutralise IED planted by terrorists in Zamfara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Zamfara State Police Command has neutralised an improvised explosive device, IED, allegedly planted by suspected terrorists along the Danjibga\u2013Kunchin Kalgo road in Tsafe Local Government Area of the state.<\/p>\n<p>The operation was carried out on Thursday by a joint security team comprising operatives of the Police Explosive Ordnance Disposal\u2013Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (EOD-CBRN) Unit, the Anti-Kidnapping Unit, and the military EOD unit, with support from other security personnel.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued on Friday by the command\u2019s spokesperson, DSP Yazid Abubakar, the explosive device was discovered and rendered safe at about 8:00 a.m. after the team applied standard render-safe procedures.<\/p>\n<p>He said the pressure-plate IED was professionally neutralised, while its components were recovered and taken for forensic analysis.<\/p>\n<p>The police said a thorough sweep and technical assessment of the area had been conducted and confirmed that the axis was safe for commuters and residents.<\/p>\n<p>The command urged members of the public to remain vigilant and continue to provide timely and credible information to security agencies to aid ongoing security efforts across the 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. Zamfara State Police Command has neutralised an improvised explosive device, IED, allegedly planted by suspected terrorists along the Danjibga\u2013Kunchin Kalgo road in Tsafe Local Government Area of the state. The operation was carried out on Thursday by a joint security team comprising operatives of the Police Explosive Ordnance Disposal\u2013Chemical, Biological, Radiological and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":193882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-193883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","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>Police neutralise IED planted by terrorists in Zamfara - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Zamfara State Police Command has neutralised an improvised explosive device, IED, allegedly planted by suspected terrori ...\" \/>\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-neutralise-ied-planted-by-terrorists-in-zamfara\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police neutralise IED planted by terrorists in Zamfara\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Zamfara State Police Command has neutralised an improvised explosive device, IED, allegedly planted by suspected terrori ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-neutralise-ied-planted-by-terrorists-in-zamfara\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-07T12:08:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-07T13:24:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1770470648.59099.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"719\" \/>\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-neutralise-ied-planted-by-terrorists-in-zamfara#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-neutralise-ied-planted-by-terrorists-in-zamfara\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Police neutralise IED planted by terrorists in Zamfara\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-07T12:08:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-07T13:24:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-neutralise-ied-planted-by-terrorists-in-zamfara\"},\"wordCount\":197,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-neutralise-ied-planted-by-terrorists-in-zamfara#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1770470648.59099.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-neutralise-ied-planted-by-terrorists-in-zamfara#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-neutralise-ied-planted-by-terrorists-in-zamfara\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-neutralise-ied-planted-by-terrorists-in-zamfara\",\"name\":\"Police neutralise IED planted by terrorists in Zamfara - 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