{"id":3318,"date":"2026-10-29T13:48:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T13:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/29\/terrorists-kill-police-inspector-11-civilians-in-kebbi\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T13:48:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T13:48:32","slug":"terrorists-kill-police-inspector-11-civilians-in-kebbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/29\/terrorists-kill-police-inspector-11-civilians-in-kebbi\/","title":{"rendered":"Terrorists kill police inspector, 11 civilians in Kebbi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"241\" height=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Terrorists-kill-police-inspector-11-civilians-in-Kebbi.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"FCT Police Summon Farmers, Herders\u2019 Leaders Over Dabiri, Paiko Violence\" decoding=\"async\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Haruna Aliyu, Birnin Kebbi<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Suspected Mamudawa\/Lakurawa terrorists have killed a police inspector and 11 civilians in attacks on Waiwayi and Kystu villages in Koko\/Besse Local Government Area of Kebbi State.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Kebbi State Police Command confirmed the killings, saying the police inspector died during an exchange of fire with the attackers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The command\u2019s spokesperson, SP Bashir Usman, disclosed this in a telephone conversation with our correspondent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Usman said the inspector\u2019s identity had yet to be released pending the conclusion of investigations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes, there was an attack on the villages of Waiwayi and Kystu by suspected Mamudawa, and unfortunately, during an exchange of fire, they killed one police inspector. I can\u2019t give you his name yet till we finish investigation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The attackers were also reported to have set houses ablaze and looted food items from shops in the affected communities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The attacks forced surviving residents to flee their homes in search of safety.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Usman said the police and other security agencies had cordoned off the affected areas to prevent further attacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added that security operatives had launched a manhunt for the assailants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incident adds to security concerns in parts of Kebbi State, where attacks on rural communities have threatened lives, livelihoods and residents\u2019 safety.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2026\/10\/terrorists-kill-police-inspector-11-civilians-in-kebbi\/\">Terrorists kill police inspector, 11 civilians in Kebbi<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/\">Vanguard News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Vanguard News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Haruna Aliyu, Birnin Kebbi Suspected Mamudawa\/Lakurawa terrorists have killed a police inspector and 11 civilians in attacks on Waiwayi and Kystu villages in Koko\/Besse Local Government Area of Kebbi&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3319,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}