{"id":2969,"date":"2025-11-13T12:31:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T12:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/?p=2969"},"modified":"2025-11-13T12:31:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T12:31:18","slug":"bandits-kill-police-officer-two-vigilantes-in-fresh-nasarawa-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/11\/13\/bandits-kill-police-officer-two-vigilantes-in-fresh-nasarawa-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Bandits kill police officer, two vigilantes in fresh Nasarawa attack"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three security personnel, including a police officer and two vigilante members, have been killed in a deadly ambush by suspected Fulani bandits in Idadu community, within the Agbashi Development Area of Doma Local Government, Nasarawa State.<\/p>\r\n<p><br \/>The incident occurred on Wednesday evening when the operatives, who were on a routine patrol along the Doma\u2013Idadu Road, were suddenly ambushed by heavily armed attackers who opened fire on their patrol team.<br \/><br \/>Eyewitnesses said the assailants operated in a coordinated \u201ccommando-style\u201d manner, shooting at their targets without warning or any form of confrontation.<br \/><br \/>The slain officer was said to be attached to the Agbashi Police Division, while the two vigilante members were part of a local joint security task force working to combat rising bandit activities in the area.<br \/><br \/>This latest attack comes barely a week after seven persons were killed in a similar wave of violence across communities in Keana and Doma Local Government Areas, raising concerns over the worsening insecurity in the southern part of the state.<br \/><br \/>Despite repeated assurances from the state government that security measures have been intensified, residents say no arrests have been made in connection with the recent killings.<br \/><br \/>Many communities in the region have now been deserted, with locals fleeing to safer areas amid fears of renewed attacks.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three security personnel, including a police officer and two vigilante members, have been killed in a deadly ambush by suspected Fulani bandits in Idadu community, within the Agbashi Development Area of Doma Local Government, Nasarawa State. 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