{"id":17964,"date":"2021-04-06T06:37:07","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T05:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=17964"},"modified":"2021-04-06T06:37:07","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T05:37:07","slug":"police-kill-bandit-kingpin-recover-ak-47-army-uniform-in-zamfara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/06\/police-kill-bandit-kingpin-recover-ak-47-army-uniform-in-zamfara\/","title":{"rendered":"Police kill &#8216;bandit kingpin&#8217;  recover AK-47, army uniform in Zamfara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The leader of a bandit group in Zamfara has been reportedly killed during a patrol by officers attached to operation Puff Adder II.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that Zamfara communities have witnessed attacks from bandits which have resulted in the kidnapping of residents including schoolchildren in the state.<\/p>\n<p>This was contained in a statement issued on Monday by the spokesperson of the state police command, Mohammed Shehu.<\/p>\n<p>The PPRO revealed that\u00a0a motorcycle, a military uniform, and an AK-47 rifle were also recovered during the operation.<\/p>\n<p>According to Shehu, police operatives were on a routine patrol on Sunday when they intercepted some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/03\/bandits-kill-miyetti-allah-leaders-in-nasarawa\/\">bandits<\/a>, who were reportedly on their way to attack a community.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that during a gunfight, the leader of the group \u2014 who is said to have been on the radar of the police \u2014 was killed, while others reportedly fled with \u201cpossible\u201d gunshot injuries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Command, in continuation of such kinetic actions against the recalcitrant bandits, has succeeded in neutralising a notorious armed bandit kingpin who specialised and has been on the radar of the Police for terrorising the innocent people of Maradun and other neighbouring LGAs of Zamfara State,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn 4th April, 2021, Operatives attached to Operation Puff Adder II of the command, while on confidence building patrol along Tsibiri village, near Sububu forest in Maradun LGA, intercepted a group of armed bandits who were believed to be on attack mission to the village.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn sighting the Police operatives, they engaged them in a gun duel which the personnel quickly returned fire. As a result, one of the bandits was gunned down, while other bandits fled into the forest with possible gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the course of profiling the scene, an AK-47 rifle with breech no. AK 103- 2051361627 and one magazine containing four (4) rounds of live ammunition, one operational motorcycle, and a bag containing bundle of charms, and a set of military camouflage uniform were recovered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The police spokesman, however, added that the ongoing operations against bandits who have refused to embrace the peace accord of the Zamfara government, \u201cwill be effectively sustained to rid the state of all forms of criminal elements\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The leader of a bandit group in Zamfara has been reportedly killed during a patrol by officers attached to operation Puff Adder II. Recall that Zamfara communities have witnessed attacks from bandits which have resulted in the kidnapping of residents including schoolchildren in the state. This was contained in a statement issued on Monday by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":17646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4755,4756,641,2666],"class_list":["post-17964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-bandit-kingpin","tag-operation-puff-adder-ii","tag-zamfara-state","tag-zamfara-state-police-command"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police kill &#039;bandit kingpin&#039; recover AK-47, army uniform in Zamfara<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The leader of a bandit group in Zamfara has been reportedly killed during a patrol by officers attached to operation Puff Adder II.\" \/>\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.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/06\/police-kill-bandit-kingpin-recover-ak-47-army-uniform-in-zamfara\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police kill &#039;bandit kingpin&#039; recover AK-47, army uniform in Zamfara\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The leader of a bandit group in Zamfara has been reportedly killed during a patrol by officers attached to operation Puff Adder II. Recall that Zamfara\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/06\/police-kill-bandit-kingpin-recover-ak-47-army-uniform-in-zamfara\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NEWS PICKS \u2014 WITHIN NIGERIA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SodiqAdewaleChocomilo?mibextid=ZbWKwL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-04-06T05:37:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/04\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/04\/05\/20210405_123742.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"665\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"360\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@OChocomilo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@withinnigeria\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated 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\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/06\\\/police-kill-bandit-kingpin-recover-ak-47-army-uniform-in-zamfara\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/06\\\/police-kill-bandit-kingpin-recover-ak-47-army-uniform-in-zamfara\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/db8593431a99b3751c40316ba4b4a452\"},\"headline\":\"Police kill &#8216;bandit kingpin&#8217; recover AK-47, army uniform in Zamfara\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-06T05:37:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/06\\\/police-kill-bandit-kingpin-recover-ak-47-army-uniform-in-zamfara\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":365,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/06\\\/police-kill-bandit-kingpin-recover-ak-47-army-uniform-in-zamfara\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/adewale_chocomilo\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/05\\\/20210405_123742.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Bandit kingpin\",\"Operation Puff Adder II\",\"Zamfara state\",\"Zamfara state police command\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Local News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/06\\\/police-kill-bandit-kingpin-recover-ak-47-army-uniform-in-zamfara\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/06\\\/police-kill-bandit-kingpin-recover-ak-47-army-uniform-in-zamfara\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/06\\\/police-kill-bandit-kingpin-recover-ak-47-army-uniform-in-zamfara\\\/\",\"name\":\"Police kill 'bandit kingpin' recover AK-47, army uniform in Zamfara\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/06\\\/police-kill-bandit-kingpin-recover-ak-47-army-uniform-in-zamfara\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/06\\\/police-kill-bandit-kingpin-recover-ak-47-army-uniform-in-zamfara\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/adewale_chocomilo\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/05\\\/20210405_123742.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-06T05:37:07+00:00\",\"description\":\"The leader of a bandit group in Zamfara has been reportedly killed during a patrol by officers attached to operation Puff Adder II.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/06\\\/police-kill-bandit-kingpin-recover-ak-47-army-uniform-in-zamfara\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/06\\\/police-kill-bandit-kingpin-recover-ak-47-army-uniform-in-zamfara\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/06\\\/police-kill-bandit-kingpin-recover-ak-47-army-uniform-in-zamfara\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/adewale_chocomilo\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/05\\\/20210405_123742.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/adewale_chocomilo\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/05\\\/20210405_123742.jpg\",\"width\":665,\"height\":360},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/06\\\/police-kill-bandit-kingpin-recover-ak-47-army-uniform-in-zamfara\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Police kill &#8216;bandit kingpin&#8217; recover AK-47, army uniform in Zamfara\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"NEWS\",\"description\":\"Latest &amp; Trending Nigeria News, Entertainment, Sports\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/Logo-dark-bg.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/Logo-dark-bg.png\",\"width\":750,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/facebook.com\\\/withinnigeria\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/withinnigeria\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/withinnigeria\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/withinnigeria\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCo0qw0SqhKNTsQQM48FpdTA\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/db8593431a99b3751c40316ba4b4a452\",\"name\":\"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/87917d701bb342a8e7c12833c7301dab5a0c88c83b2959248027da7ade686bc6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/87917d701bb342a8e7c12833c7301dab5a0c88c83b2959248027da7ade686bc6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/87917d701bb342a8e7c12833c7301dab5a0c88c83b2959248027da7ade686bc6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo\"},\"description\":\"Lawal Sodiq Adewale aka CHOCOMILO is an award winning journalist. Mail me at Chocomilo@withinnigeria.com. See full profile on Within Nigeria's TEAM PAGE\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/SodiqAdewaleChocomilo?mibextid=ZbWKwL\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/OChocomilo\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/adewale_chocomilo\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Police kill 'bandit kingpin' recover AK-47, army uniform in Zamfara","description":"The leader of a bandit group in Zamfara has been reportedly killed during a patrol by officers attached to operation Puff Adder II.","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.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/06\/police-kill-bandit-kingpin-recover-ak-47-army-uniform-in-zamfara\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Police kill 'bandit kingpin' recover AK-47, army uniform in Zamfara","og_description":"The leader of a bandit group in Zamfara has been reportedly killed during a patrol by officers attached to operation Puff Adder II. Recall that Zamfara","og_url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/06\/police-kill-bandit-kingpin-recover-ak-47-army-uniform-in-zamfara\/","og_site_name":"NEWS PICKS \u2014 WITHIN NIGERIA","article_publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SodiqAdewaleChocomilo?mibextid=ZbWKwL","article_published_time":"2021-04-06T05:37:07+00:00","og_image":[{"width":665,"height":360,"url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/04\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/04\/05\/20210405_123742.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@OChocomilo","twitter_site":"@withinnigeria","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/06\/police-kill-bandit-kingpin-recover-ak-47-army-uniform-in-zamfara\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/06\/police-kill-bandit-kingpin-recover-ak-47-army-uniform-in-zamfara\/"},"author":{"name":"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/db8593431a99b3751c40316ba4b4a452"},"headline":"Police kill &#8216;bandit kingpin&#8217; recover AK-47, army uniform in Zamfara","datePublished":"2021-04-06T05:37:07+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/06\/police-kill-bandit-kingpin-recover-ak-47-army-uniform-in-zamfara\/"},"wordCount":365,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/06\/police-kill-bandit-kingpin-recover-ak-47-army-uniform-in-zamfara\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/04\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/04\/05\/20210405_123742.jpg","keywords":["Bandit kingpin","Operation Puff Adder II","Zamfara state","Zamfara state police command"],"articleSection":["Local News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/06\/police-kill-bandit-kingpin-recover-ak-47-army-uniform-in-zamfara\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/06\/police-kill-bandit-kingpin-recover-ak-47-army-uniform-in-zamfara\/","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/06\/police-kill-bandit-kingpin-recover-ak-47-army-uniform-in-zamfara\/","name":"Police kill 'bandit kingpin' recover AK-47, army uniform in Zamfara","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/06\/police-kill-bandit-kingpin-recover-ak-47-army-uniform-in-zamfara\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/06\/police-kill-bandit-kingpin-recover-ak-47-army-uniform-in-zamfara\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/04\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/04\/05\/20210405_123742.jpg","datePublished":"2021-04-06T05:37:07+00:00","description":"The leader of a bandit group in Zamfara has been reportedly killed during a patrol by officers attached to operation Puff Adder II.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/06\/police-kill-bandit-kingpin-recover-ak-47-army-uniform-in-zamfara\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/06\/police-kill-bandit-kingpin-recover-ak-47-army-uniform-in-zamfara\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/06\/police-kill-bandit-kingpin-recover-ak-47-army-uniform-in-zamfara\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/04\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/04\/05\/20210405_123742.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/04\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/04\/05\/20210405_123742.jpg","width":665,"height":360},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/06\/police-kill-bandit-kingpin-recover-ak-47-army-uniform-in-zamfara\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Police kill &#8216;bandit kingpin&#8217; recover AK-47, army uniform in Zamfara"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/","name":"NEWS","description":"Latest &amp; Trending Nigeria News, Entertainment, Sports","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization","name":"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/Logo-dark-bg.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/Logo-dark-bg.png","width":750,"height":500,"caption":"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria","https:\/\/x.com\/withinnigeria","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/withinnigeria\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/withinnigeria\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCo0qw0SqhKNTsQQM48FpdTA"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/db8593431a99b3751c40316ba4b4a452","name":"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/87917d701bb342a8e7c12833c7301dab5a0c88c83b2959248027da7ade686bc6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/87917d701bb342a8e7c12833c7301dab5a0c88c83b2959248027da7ade686bc6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/87917d701bb342a8e7c12833c7301dab5a0c88c83b2959248027da7ade686bc6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo"},"description":"Lawal Sodiq Adewale aka CHOCOMILO is an award winning journalist. Mail me at Chocomilo@withinnigeria.com. See full profile on Within Nigeria's TEAM PAGE","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SodiqAdewaleChocomilo?mibextid=ZbWKwL","https:\/\/x.com\/OChocomilo"],"url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/author\/adewale_chocomilo\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}