{"id":195397,"date":"2026-02-19T12:42:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T11:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/bandits-kill-several-abduct-women-children-in-sokoto"},"modified":"2026-02-19T13:46:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T12:46:34","slug":"bandits-kill-several-abduct-women-children-in-sokoto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bandits-kill-several-abduct-women-children-in-sokoto","title":{"rendered":"Bandits kill several, abduct Women, children in Sokoto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Bandits on Wednesday night launched a violent attack on the Dabagin Yari community in Wurno Local Government Area of Sokoto State, killing several people and injuring many others.<\/p>\n<p>A large number of residents, including women and children, were also abducted during the assault.<\/p>\n<p>Security analyst Bakatsine disclosed details of the attack on Thursday in a post on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast night, bandits invaded the Dabagin Yari community in Wurno LGA of Sokoto State. During the attack, several residents were killed, many others sustained injuries, and a high number of people including women and children were abducted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe assault has left the community in deep fear and mourning. How can anyone justify calling such bandits MUSLIM or claiming their crimes are acts of JIHAD, when Islam clearly forbids the murder of innocents, the kidnapping of women and children, and the spreading of terror?,\u201d Bakatsine wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have yet to confirm details surrounding the incident.<\/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. Bandits on Wednesday night launched a violent attack on the Dabagin Yari community in Wurno Local Government Area of Sokoto State, killing several people and injuring many others. A large number of residents, including women and children, were also abducted during the assault. Security analyst Bakatsine disclosed details of the attack on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":195396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-195397","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>Bandits kill several, abduct Women, children in Sokoto - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bandits on Wednesday night launched a violent attack on the Dabagin Yari community in Wurno Local Government Area of Sok ...\" \/>\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\/bandits-kill-several-abduct-women-children-in-sokoto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bandits kill several, abduct Women, children in Sokoto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bandits on Wednesday night launched a violent attack on the Dabagin Yari community in Wurno Local Government Area of Sok ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bandits-kill-several-abduct-women-children-in-sokoto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-19T11:42:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-19T12:46:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771505173.044186.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\/policy\/bandits-kill-several-abduct-women-children-in-sokoto#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bandits-kill-several-abduct-women-children-in-sokoto\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Bandits kill several, abduct Women, children in Sokoto\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-19T11:42:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-19T12:46:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bandits-kill-several-abduct-women-children-in-sokoto\"},\"wordCount\":172,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bandits-kill-several-abduct-women-children-in-sokoto#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771505173.044186.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bandits-kill-several-abduct-women-children-in-sokoto#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bandits-kill-several-abduct-women-children-in-sokoto\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bandits-kill-several-abduct-women-children-in-sokoto\",\"name\":\"Bandits kill several, abduct Women, children in Sokoto - 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