{"id":40327,"date":"2021-04-02T17:59:40","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T17:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=40327"},"modified":"2021-04-02T16:05:04","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T16:05:04","slug":"bandits-kill-policemen-in-sokoto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bandits-kill-policemen-in-sokoto","title":{"rendered":"Bandits kill policemen in Sokoto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Bandits have killed two police officers attached to Operation PUFF ADDER II in Sokoto State.<\/p>\n<p>The policemen were part of the contingent the Inspector-General of Police, Muhammad Adamu, deployed to tackle banditry.<\/p>\n<p>They lost their lives in an attack by a group of the outlaws in Bargaja village of Issa Local Government Area.<\/p>\n<p>The Commissioner of Police, Kamaldeen Okunlola, commiserated with the families on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The command\u2019s Public Relations Officer, ASP Sunusi Abubakar, in a statement said Okunlola paid a condolence visit to the Operation Commander.<\/p>\n<p>The CP hailed their efforts so far and pledged support to strengthen and sustain the capacity of the unit.<\/p>\n<p>Okunlola bemoaned the death of the personnel during active service and vowed that the culprits would be apprehended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Bandits have killed two police officers attached to Operation PUFF ADDER II in Sokoto State. The policemen were part of the contingent the Inspector-General of Police, Muhammad Adamu, deployed to tackle banditry. They lost their lives in an attack by a group of the outlaws in Bargaja village of Issa Local Government [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":40326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,14,26],"tags":[1570,2140,591,254,3703,462],"class_list":["post-40327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-bandits","tag-nigeria","tag-policemen","tag-sokoto"],"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 policemen in Sokoto - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bandits have killed two police officers attached to Operation PUFF ADDER II in Sokoto State. The policemen were part of ...\" \/>\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-policemen-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 policemen in Sokoto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bandits have killed two police officers attached to Operation PUFF ADDER II in Sokoto State. The policemen were part of ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bandits-kill-policemen-in-sokoto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-04-02T17:59:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/img-606740801fec6.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-policemen-in-sokoto#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bandits-kill-policemen-in-sokoto\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Bandits kill policemen in Sokoto\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-02T17:59:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bandits-kill-policemen-in-sokoto\"},\"wordCount\":132,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bandits-kill-policemen-in-sokoto#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/img-606740801fec6.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"bandits\",\"Nigeria\",\"policemen\",\"Sokoto\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bandits-kill-policemen-in-sokoto#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bandits-kill-policemen-in-sokoto\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bandits-kill-policemen-in-sokoto\",\"name\":\"Bandits kill policemen in Sokoto - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bandits-kill-policemen-in-sokoto#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bandits-kill-policemen-in-sokoto#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/img-606740801fec6.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-02T17:59:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Bandits have killed two police officers attached to Operation PUFF ADDER II in Sokoto State. The policemen were part of ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bandits-kill-policemen-in-sokoto#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bandits-kill-policemen-in-sokoto\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bandits-kill-policemen-in-sokoto#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/img-606740801fec6.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/img-606740801fec6.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"Bandits kill policemen in Sokoto\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bandits-kill-policemen-in-sokoto#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Bandits kill policemen in Sokoto\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Bandits kill policemen in Sokoto - Nigeria","description":"Bandits have killed two police officers attached to Operation PUFF ADDER II in Sokoto State. The policemen were part of ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bandits-kill-policemen-in-sokoto","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Bandits kill policemen in Sokoto","og_description":"Bandits have killed two police officers attached to Operation PUFF ADDER II in Sokoto State. The policemen were part of ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bandits-kill-policemen-in-sokoto","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2021-04-02T17:59:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/img-606740801fec6.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bandits-kill-policemen-in-sokoto#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bandits-kill-policemen-in-sokoto"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Bandits kill policemen in Sokoto","datePublished":"2021-04-02T17:59:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bandits-kill-policemen-in-sokoto"},"wordCount":132,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bandits-kill-policemen-in-sokoto#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/img-606740801fec6.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Nigeria","bandits","Nigeria","policemen","Sokoto"],"articleSection":["all news","homepage-english","Policy","twitter"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bandits-kill-policemen-in-sokoto#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bandits-kill-policemen-in-sokoto","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bandits-kill-policemen-in-sokoto","name":"Bandits kill policemen in Sokoto - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bandits-kill-policemen-in-sokoto#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bandits-kill-policemen-in-sokoto#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/img-606740801fec6.jpg","datePublished":"2021-04-02T17:59:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Bandits have killed two police officers attached to Operation PUFF ADDER II in Sokoto State. The policemen were part of ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bandits-kill-policemen-in-sokoto#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bandits-kill-policemen-in-sokoto"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bandits-kill-policemen-in-sokoto#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/img-606740801fec6.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/img-606740801fec6.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"Bandits kill policemen in Sokoto"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bandits-kill-policemen-in-sokoto#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Bandits kill policemen in Sokoto"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}