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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>One person has been confirmed dead with several others kidnapped after unknown gunmen attacked Tangaza Local Government Area, Sokoto State.<\/p>\n

The spokesperson of the state\u2019s police command, ASP Sunusi Abubakar, who confirmed the attack to newsmen on Saturday, said the incident occurred on Friday evening.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe received a report of an attack by unknown gunmen who stormed the headquarters of Tangaza LGA on Friday evening.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bandits killed one of the traders, abducted an unspecified number of persons and also carted away foodstuffs and drinks.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, investigations are currently going on and the police, working in collaboration with other security agencies to rescue the kidnapped persons and arrests the perpetrators of the act,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Also, a source who spoke to newsmen said that the armed bandits, shot sporadically killing the trader on the spot while another young girl, who was hit by a bullet, died after being taken to the hospital.<\/p>\n

He added that three other persons sustained injuries and were currently receiving treatment in a hospital.<\/p>\n

14 bandits attempting to abduct pregnant woman gunned down in Sokoto<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. One person has been confirmed dead with several others kidnapped after unknown gunmen attacked Tangaza Local Government Area, Sokoto State. The spokesperson of the state\u2019s police command, ASP Sunusi Abubakar, who confirmed the attack to newsmen on Saturday, said the incident occurred on Friday evening. \u201cWe received a report of an attack […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":50345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30,28,26],"tags":[1570,2140,254,462],"class_list":["post-50346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-nigeria","tag-sokoto"],"yoast_head":"\nBandits kill one, abduct scores in Sokoto - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"One person has been confirmed dead with several others kidnapped after unknown gunmen attacked Tangaza Local Government ...\" \/>\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\/bandits-kill-one-abduct-scores-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 one, abduct scores in Sokoto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"One person has been confirmed dead with several others kidnapped after unknown gunmen attacked Tangaza Local Government ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/bandits-kill-one-abduct-scores-in-sokoto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-09-18T16:12:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/09\/img-6145ff919a635.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\/bandits-kill-one-abduct-scores-in-sokoto#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/bandits-kill-one-abduct-scores-in-sokoto\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Bandits kill one, abduct scores in Sokoto\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-18T16:12:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/bandits-kill-one-abduct-scores-in-sokoto\"},\"wordCount\":189,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/bandits-kill-one-abduct-scores-in-sokoto#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/09\/img-6145ff919a635.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Nigeria\",\"Sokoto\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\",\"homepage-english\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/bandits-kill-one-abduct-scores-in-sokoto#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/bandits-kill-one-abduct-scores-in-sokoto\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/bandits-kill-one-abduct-scores-in-sokoto\",\"name\":\"Bandits kill one, abduct scores in Sokoto - 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