{"id":17465,"date":"2019-05-02T18:32:12","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T18:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=17465"},"modified":"2019-05-02T18:32:12","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T18:32:12","slug":"tension-in-defence-ministers-home-town-amid-reprisal-fears-after-seven-bandits-lynched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=17465","title":{"rendered":"Tension in Defence Minister&#8217;s home-town amid reprisal fears after seven \u2018bandits\u2019 lynched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Suspected armed bandits are reportedly planning a retaliatory attack on Birnin Magaji Local Government Area of Zamfara State, residents and a military official have said.<br \/>\nResidents said the suspected bandits \u2018numbering thousands\u2019 are moving closer to Birnin Magaji town, as at Thursday morning, to avenge the killing of seven of their members on Wednesday.<br \/>\nPREMIUM TIMES reported Thursday morning how residents of the town cordoned off their emir\u2019s palace and killed seven suspected bandits on a \u2018peace\u2019 mission.<br \/>\nThe bandits were reportedly in the palace for a peace talk after their cows were confiscated following an airstrike on their base in Birnin Magaji forest.<br \/>\n<strong>\u2018Imminent Attack\u2019<\/strong><br \/>\nOne of the residents said the armed bandits were seen visibly approaching the community in an attempt to attack.<br \/>\nHe said they (bandits) retreated \u201cbecause the residents are also prepared for any eventuality\u201d. He requested not to be named for security reasons.<br \/>\nHe added that youth from other communities have converged at Birnin Magaji town \u201cin solidarity for the potential attack\u201d. He said the chances of a reprisal attack from the armed bandits is high.<br \/>\nHe said there are a few security personnel manning only the emir\u2019s palace and the home of Nigeria\u2019s Defence Minister, Mansur Dan-Ali.<br \/>\nMr Dan-Ali hails from Birnin Magaji, and the Emir, Husseini Dan-Ali is his younger brother.<br \/>\n\u201cThe government need to be proactive to avoid more bloodshed, security reinforcement in the area is paramount,\u201d the source said.<br \/>\n<strong>Military Aware<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen contacted, Clement Abiade, the acting spokesperson, \u2018Operation Sharan Daji\u2019, said \u201cthe military are aware about the planned attack.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cThat\u2019s why more troops are on (the) ground in the area because mostly, we suspect a reprisal attack, the soldiers are on alert,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nZamfara, like other states in the region, has been rocked by the activities of armed bandits that have led to the loss of hundreds of lives in recent months.<br \/>\nBy <strong>PREMIUM TIMES<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suspected armed bandits are reportedly planning a retaliatory attack on Birnin Magaji Local Government Area of Zamfara State, residents and a military official have said. Residents said the suspected bandits \u2018numbering thousands\u2019 are moving closer to Birnin Magaji town, as at Thursday morning, to avenge the killing of seven of their members on Wednesday. PREMIUM [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":17466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17465\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}