{"id":3040,"date":"2022-04-29T16:36:19","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T16:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?p=3040"},"modified":"2022-04-29T16:36:19","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T16:36:19","slug":"gunmen-kill-policeman-at-checkpoint-in-kogi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/gunmen-kill-policeman-at-checkpoint-in-kogi\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen Kill Policeman at Checkpoint In Kogi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Yet to be identified gunmen on Wednesday night killed a Policeman at a checkpoint along Kabba-Ayere road in Kogi State.<\/span><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">This is coming barely a week after <a href=\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/2022\/04\/23\/gunmen-attack-adavi-police-station-kill-three-police-officers\/\">unknown gunmen killed three police officers at the Adavi Division of the Nigeria Police.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">A source in Ayere told Newsmen that the gunmen were passing by when they opened fire on the patrol team, while the officer whose name is yet to be made known died on the spot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The police patrol team, according to the source, are from the Odolu Division.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">When contacted, the Chairman of Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area, Moses Olorunleke said he was at a meeting and promised to call back, but he never did.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The Police Public Relations Officer, SP William Aya could not confirm the incident as he did not return calls put across to him.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yet to be identified gunmen on Wednesday night killed a Policeman at a checkpoint along Kabba-Ayere road in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[34,88],"class_list":{"0":"post-3040","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"tag-kogi","8":"tag-police"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gunmen Kill Policeman at Checkpoint In Kogi - Ebira Reporters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/gunmen-kill-policeman-at-checkpoint-in-kogi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gunmen Kill Policeman at Checkpoint In Kogi - Ebira Reporters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Yet to be identified gunmen on Wednesday night killed a Policeman at a checkpoint along Kabba-Ayere road in&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/gunmen-kill-policeman-at-checkpoint-in-kogi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ebira Reporters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ebirareporters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"www.facebook.com\/ebirareporters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-04-29T16:36:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ebirareporters\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ebirareporters\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/gunmen-kill-policeman-at-checkpoint-in-kogi\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/gunmen-kill-policeman-at-checkpoint-in-kogi\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e7e2919de185342f413c196898786669\"},\"headline\":\"Gunmen Kill Policeman at Checkpoint In Kogi\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-29T16:36:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-29T16:36:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/gunmen-kill-policeman-at-checkpoint-in-kogi\/\"},\"wordCount\":145,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Kogi\",\"Police\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/gunmen-kill-policeman-at-checkpoint-in-kogi\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/gunmen-kill-policeman-at-checkpoint-in-kogi\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/gunmen-kill-policeman-at-checkpoint-in-kogi\/\",\"name\":\"Gunmen Kill Policeman at Checkpoint In Kogi - Ebira Reporters\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-29T16:36:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-29T16:36:19+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/gunmen-kill-policeman-at-checkpoint-in-kogi\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/gunmen-kill-policeman-at-checkpoint-in-kogi\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/gunmen-kill-policeman-at-checkpoint-in-kogi\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Gunmen Kill Policeman at Checkpoint In Kogi\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/\",\"name\":\"Ebira Reporters\",\"description\":\"Kogi News and Media\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ebira Reporters\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\",\"caption\":\"Ebira Reporters\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ebirareporters\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/ebirareporters\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e7e2919de185342f413c196898786669\",\"name\":\"Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ec8d4dcc37d068d4740761605928ba4b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ec8d4dcc37d068d4740761605928ba4b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\",\"www.facebook.com\/ebirareporters\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/ebirareporters\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/author\/ebirareporters\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Gunmen Kill Policeman at Checkpoint In Kogi - Ebira Reporters","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:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/gunmen-kill-policeman-at-checkpoint-in-kogi\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Gunmen Kill Policeman at Checkpoint In Kogi - Ebira Reporters","og_description":"Yet to be identified gunmen on Wednesday night killed a Policeman at a checkpoint along Kabba-Ayere road in&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/gunmen-kill-policeman-at-checkpoint-in-kogi\/","og_site_name":"Ebira Reporters","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ebirareporters","article_author":"www.facebook.com\/ebirareporters","article_published_time":"2022-04-29T16:36:19+00:00","author":"Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ebirareporters","twitter_site":"@ebirareporters","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/gunmen-kill-policeman-at-checkpoint-in-kogi\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/gunmen-kill-policeman-at-checkpoint-in-kogi\/"},"author":{"name":"Admin","@id":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e7e2919de185342f413c196898786669"},"headline":"Gunmen Kill Policeman at Checkpoint In Kogi","datePublished":"2022-04-29T16:36:19+00:00","dateModified":"2022-04-29T16:36:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/gunmen-kill-policeman-at-checkpoint-in-kogi\/"},"wordCount":145,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/#organization"},"keywords":["Kogi","Police"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/gunmen-kill-policeman-at-checkpoint-in-kogi\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/gunmen-kill-policeman-at-checkpoint-in-kogi\/","url":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/gunmen-kill-policeman-at-checkpoint-in-kogi\/","name":"Gunmen Kill Policeman at Checkpoint In Kogi - Ebira Reporters","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-04-29T16:36:19+00:00","dateModified":"2022-04-29T16:36:19+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/gunmen-kill-policeman-at-checkpoint-in-kogi\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/gunmen-kill-policeman-at-checkpoint-in-kogi\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/gunmen-kill-policeman-at-checkpoint-in-kogi\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Gunmen Kill Policeman at Checkpoint In Kogi"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/","name":"Ebira Reporters","description":"Kogi News and Media","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/#organization","name":"Ebira Reporters","url":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"","contentUrl":"","caption":"Ebira Reporters"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ebirareporters","https:\/\/x.com\/ebirareporters"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e7e2919de185342f413c196898786669","name":"Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ec8d4dcc37d068d4740761605928ba4b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ec8d4dcc37d068d4740761605928ba4b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/ebirareporters.com","www.facebook.com\/ebirareporters","https:\/\/x.com\/ebirareporters"],"url":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/author\/ebirareporters\/"}]}},"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","cnvs-small":"","cnvs-thumbnail":"","pk-small":"","pk-thumbnail":"","csco-small":"","csco-intermediate":"","csco-thumbnail":"","csco-thumbnail-alternative":"","csco-thumbnail-uncropped":"","csco-medium":"","csco-medium-alternative":"","csco-medium-uncropped":"","csco-large":"","csco-large-uncropped":"","csco-extra-large":""},"author_info":{"info":["Admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":"0","blog_post_layout_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","full":""},"categories_names":{"2":{"name":"News","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/category\/news\/"}},"tags_names":{"34":{"name":"Kogi","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/tag\/kogi\/"},"88":{"name":"Police","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/tag\/police\/"}},"comments_number":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3040"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3041,"href":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3040\/revisions\/3041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}