{"id":4516,"date":"2026-02-06T13:22:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T13:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/?p=4516"},"modified":"2026-02-06T13:22:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T13:22:28","slug":"police-kill-suspected-bandit-recover-arms-ammunition-in-kebbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/02\/06\/police-kill-suspected-bandit-recover-arms-ammunition-in-kebbi\/","title":{"rendered":"Police kill suspected bandit, recover arms, ammunition in Kebbi"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kebbi State Police Command has intercepted an unregistered motorcycle conveying two suspected armed bandits in Bagudo Local Government Area of the state.<br \/><br \/>The command\u2019s spokesperson, SP Bashir Usman, disclosed this in a statement issued in Birnin Kebbi.<br \/><br \/>According to Usman, operatives of the Police Special Tactical Squad, while on routine patrol around 9:00 p.m. on February 4, 2026, intercepted an unregistered Boxer motorcycle conveying two suspected armed bandits in Bagudo.<br \/><br \/>He said the suspects opened fire on the police during a security check, prompting a gun duel.<br \/><br \/>\u201cOne of the suspects was neutralised during the exchange, while the second suspect fled the scene with gunshot injuries,\u201d Usman said, adding that efforts were ongoing to apprehend the fleeing suspect.<br \/><br \/>Items recovered from the operation included 586 rounds of AK-47 ammunition, three AK-47 magazines, one camouflage uniform, a military-style bag, two mobile phones, N404,500 in cash, and the unregistered motorcycle used by the suspects.<br \/><br \/>The police spokesperson said the Commissioner of Police in the state, Umar Mohammed Hadeija, has reiterated the command\u2019s commitment to protecting lives and property and called on residents to provide credible information to support security operations<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kebbi State Police Command has intercepted an unregistered motorcycle conveying two suspected armed bandits in Bagudo Local Government Area of the state. The command\u2019s spokesperson, SP Bashir Usman, disclosed this in a statement issued in Birnin Kebbi. According to Usman, operatives of the Police Special Tactical Squad, while on routine patrol around 9:00 p.m. on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police kill suspected bandit, recover arms, ammunition in Kebbi - Security Focus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Police kill suspected bandit, recover arms, ammunition in Kebbi\" \/>\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.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/02\/06\/police-kill-suspected-bandit-recover-arms-ammunition-in-kebbi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police kill suspected bandit, recover arms, ammunition in Kebbi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Police kill suspected bandit, recover arms, ammunition in Kebbi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/02\/06\/police-kill-suspected-bandit-recover-arms-ammunition-in-kebbi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-06T13:22:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/police-1-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"864\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"486\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/06\\\/police-kill-suspected-bandit-recover-arms-ammunition-in-kebbi\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/06\\\/police-kill-suspected-bandit-recover-arms-ammunition-in-kebbi\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Security Focus\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d04afd64c43f5a53d7361fcf06efc4fe\"},\"headline\":\"Police kill suspected bandit, recover arms, ammunition in Kebbi\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-06T13:22:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/06\\\/police-kill-suspected-bandit-recover-arms-ammunition-in-kebbi\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":196,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/06\\\/police-kill-suspected-bandit-recover-arms-ammunition-in-kebbi\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/police-1-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/06\\\/police-kill-suspected-bandit-recover-arms-ammunition-in-kebbi\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/06\\\/police-kill-suspected-bandit-recover-arms-ammunition-in-kebbi\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/06\\\/police-kill-suspected-bandit-recover-arms-ammunition-in-kebbi\\\/\",\"name\":\"Police kill suspected bandit, recover arms, ammunition in Kebbi - 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