{"id":79545,"date":"2021-09-07T06:09:59","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T05:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=79545"},"modified":"2021-09-07T06:32:39","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T05:32:39","slug":"majority-of-bandits-are-fulani-indigenes-katsina-governor-masari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/07\/majority-of-bandits-are-fulani-indigenes-katsina-governor-masari\/","title":{"rendered":"Majority of bandits are Fulani indigenes &#8211; Katsina governor, Masari"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Governor of Katsina state, Aminu Masari has disclosed that many bandits are Fulani indigenes whose main occupation is rearing cattle.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, many Northern states have witnessed a series of attacks by suspected bandits, leading to abductions, murder and cattle rustling.<\/p>\n<p>Masari while reacting to the sad development in an interview on Channels Television said\u00a0although his revelation may not sit well with some persons, majority of the \u201cbandits\u201d are of the Fulani ethnic extraction.<\/p>\n<p>The governor added that the impact of climate change and lack of access to education negatively affected the fortunes of the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/07\/bandits-abduct-four-children-of-village-head-in-katsina\/\">bandits<\/a>\u201d, whom he he said are mostly cattle rearers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are the same people like me, who speak the same language like me, who profess the same religious beliefs like me. So, what we have here on ground with these bandits, they are not aliens; they are people who we know,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are people who are living with us for hundreds of years. The infiltration we have from some West African countries and North African countries are also people of the Fulani extraction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMajority of those involved in this banditry are Fulani, whether it is palatable or not, but that is the truth. I\u2019m not saying 100 percent of them are Fulani, but the majority of them are. These are people who live in the forests where their main occupation is rearing of cattle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProbably, over time, their fortunes dwindled with climate change; lack of access to education also aggravated the situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fall of Gaddafi, instability in many West and North African countries, the influx of arms and ammunition, accompanied with illegal drugs and intoxicants that polluted the environment, that made them what they are and I think it is our responsibility to cure this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe in Katsina, together with other governors in the north-western region, are determined to cure this.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor of Katsina state, Aminu Masari has disclosed that many bandits are Fulani indigenes whose main occupation is rearing cattle. Recently, many Northern states have witnessed a series of attacks by suspected bandits, leading to abductions, murder and cattle rustling. Masari while reacting to the sad development in an interview on Channels Television said\u00a0although his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":12108,"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":[2],"tags":[1720,210,24,1466],"class_list":["post-79545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-aminu-masari","tag-bandits","tag-fulanis","tag-katsina-state"],"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>Majority of bandits are Fulani indigenes - Katsina governor, Masari<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Governor of Katsina state, Aminu Masari has disclosed that many bandits are Fulani indigenes whose main occupation is rearing cattle.\" \/>\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\/09\/07\/majority-of-bandits-are-fulani-indigenes-katsina-governor-masari\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Majority of bandits are Fulani indigenes - Katsina governor, Masari\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Governor of Katsina state, Aminu Masari has disclosed that many bandits are Fulani indigenes whose main occupation is rearing cattle. Recently, many\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/07\/majority-of-bandits-are-fulani-indigenes-katsina-governor-masari\/\" \/>\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=\"2021-09-07T05:09:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-09-07T05:32:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/kunlenet07\/2021\/03\/23\/Masari-Bandits.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"383\" \/>\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\\\/09\\\/07\\\/majority-of-bandits-are-fulani-indigenes-katsina-governor-masari\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/07\\\/majority-of-bandits-are-fulani-indigenes-katsina-governor-masari\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/db8593431a99b3751c40316ba4b4a452\"},\"headline\":\"Majority of bandits are Fulani indigenes &#8211; Katsina governor, Masari\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-07T05:09:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-09-07T05:32:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/07\\\/majority-of-bandits-are-fulani-indigenes-katsina-governor-masari\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":319,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/07\\\/majority-of-bandits-are-fulani-indigenes-katsina-governor-masari\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/kunlenet07\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/23\\\/Masari-Bandits.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Aminu Masari\",\"Bandits\",\"Fulanis\",\"Katsina state\"],\"articleSection\":[\"National\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/07\\\/majority-of-bandits-are-fulani-indigenes-katsina-governor-masari\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/07\\\/majority-of-bandits-are-fulani-indigenes-katsina-governor-masari\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/07\\\/majority-of-bandits-are-fulani-indigenes-katsina-governor-masari\\\/\",\"name\":\"Majority of bandits are Fulani indigenes - Katsina governor, Masari\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/07\\\/majority-of-bandits-are-fulani-indigenes-katsina-governor-masari\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/07\\\/majority-of-bandits-are-fulani-indigenes-katsina-governor-masari\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/kunlenet07\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/23\\\/Masari-Bandits.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-07T05:09:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-09-07T05:32:39+00:00\",\"description\":\"Governor of Katsina state, Aminu Masari has disclosed that many bandits are Fulani indigenes whose main occupation is rearing cattle.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/07\\\/majority-of-bandits-are-fulani-indigenes-katsina-governor-masari\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/07\\\/majority-of-bandits-are-fulani-indigenes-katsina-governor-masari\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/07\\\/majority-of-bandits-are-fulani-indigenes-katsina-governor-masari\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/kunlenet07\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/23\\\/Masari-Bandits.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/kunlenet07\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/23\\\/Masari-Bandits.jpg\",\"width\":640,\"height\":383},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/07\\\/majority-of-bandits-are-fulani-indigenes-katsina-governor-masari\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Majority of bandits are Fulani indigenes &#8211; Katsina governor, Masari\"}]},{\"@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":"Majority of bandits are Fulani indigenes - Katsina governor, Masari","description":"Governor of Katsina state, Aminu Masari has disclosed that many bandits are Fulani indigenes whose main occupation is rearing cattle.","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\/09\/07\/majority-of-bandits-are-fulani-indigenes-katsina-governor-masari\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Majority of bandits are Fulani indigenes - Katsina governor, Masari","og_description":"Governor of Katsina state, Aminu Masari has disclosed that many bandits are Fulani indigenes whose main occupation is rearing cattle. Recently, many","og_url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/07\/majority-of-bandits-are-fulani-indigenes-katsina-governor-masari\/","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":"2021-09-07T05:09:59+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-09-07T05:32:39+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":383,"url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/kunlenet07\/2021\/03\/23\/Masari-Bandits.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\/09\/07\/majority-of-bandits-are-fulani-indigenes-katsina-governor-masari\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/07\/majority-of-bandits-are-fulani-indigenes-katsina-governor-masari\/"},"author":{"name":"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/db8593431a99b3751c40316ba4b4a452"},"headline":"Majority of bandits are Fulani indigenes &#8211; Katsina governor, Masari","datePublished":"2021-09-07T05:09:59+00:00","dateModified":"2021-09-07T05:32:39+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/07\/majority-of-bandits-are-fulani-indigenes-katsina-governor-masari\/"},"wordCount":319,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/07\/majority-of-bandits-are-fulani-indigenes-katsina-governor-masari\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/kunlenet07\/2021\/03\/23\/Masari-Bandits.jpg","keywords":["Aminu Masari","Bandits","Fulanis","Katsina state"],"articleSection":["National"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/07\/majority-of-bandits-are-fulani-indigenes-katsina-governor-masari\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/07\/majority-of-bandits-are-fulani-indigenes-katsina-governor-masari\/","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/07\/majority-of-bandits-are-fulani-indigenes-katsina-governor-masari\/","name":"Majority of bandits are Fulani indigenes - Katsina governor, Masari","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/07\/majority-of-bandits-are-fulani-indigenes-katsina-governor-masari\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/07\/majority-of-bandits-are-fulani-indigenes-katsina-governor-masari\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/kunlenet07\/2021\/03\/23\/Masari-Bandits.jpg","datePublished":"2021-09-07T05:09:59+00:00","dateModified":"2021-09-07T05:32:39+00:00","description":"Governor of Katsina state, Aminu Masari has disclosed that many bandits are Fulani indigenes whose main occupation is rearing cattle.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/07\/majority-of-bandits-are-fulani-indigenes-katsina-governor-masari\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/07\/majority-of-bandits-are-fulani-indigenes-katsina-governor-masari\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/07\/majority-of-bandits-are-fulani-indigenes-katsina-governor-masari\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/kunlenet07\/2021\/03\/23\/Masari-Bandits.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/kunlenet07\/2021\/03\/23\/Masari-Bandits.jpg","width":640,"height":383},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/07\/majority-of-bandits-are-fulani-indigenes-katsina-governor-masari\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Majority of bandits are Fulani indigenes &#8211; Katsina governor, Masari"}]},{"@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\/79545","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=79545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}