{"id":869845,"date":"2025-09-02T01:11:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T06:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/02\/breaking-bandits-kill-prominent-businessman-alhaji-sani-in-lafia-as-nasarawa-residents-lynch-one-attacker\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T01:11:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T06:11:53","slug":"breaking-bandits-kill-prominent-businessman-alhaji-sani-in-lafia-as-nasarawa-residents-lynch-one-attacker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/02\/breaking-bandits-kill-prominent-businessman-alhaji-sani-in-lafia-as-nasarawa-residents-lynch-one-attacker\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Bandits Kill Prominent Businessman, Alhaji Sani In Lafia As Nasarawa Residents Lynch One Attacker"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-history-node-id=\"203633\" typeof=\"schema:Article\" id=\"block-octavia-sahara-content\">\n<div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" property=\"schema:image\" loading=\"eager\"   width=\"325\" height=\"195\" src=\"http:\/\/saharareporters.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/focal_point_325x195\/public\/2025-09\/1000869411.jpg?h=d643172e&#038;itok=yEm-c5jt\" alt=\"BREAKING: Bandits Kill Prominent Businessman, Alhaji Sani In Lafia As Nasarawa Residents Lynch One Attacker\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\"><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>However, residents quickly mobilised to confront the attackers, killing one of them while the rest managed to flee the scene.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div property=\"schema:text\">\n<p>Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed a prominent businessman, Alhaji Sani Sabo, in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital.<\/p>\n<p>A source familiar with the incident told SaharaReporters on Monday morning that the assailants stormed the area around 9:20 p.m. on Sunday, shooting the businessman dead before attempting to escape.<\/p>\n<p>However, residents quickly mobilised to confront the attackers, killing one of them while the rest managed to flee the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Alhaji Sani was described as a well-known philanthropist who regularly supported the less privileged in his community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYesterday in Lafia, at about 9:20 p.m., gunmen arrived and shot the biggest businessman in Lafia. He was like a brother to me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people in the area, angered by the killing, fought back and killed one of the gunmen. This man\u2019s death has touched many people in Nasarawa State. He helped a lot, especially the poor. As we speak, his house is filled with mourners. He will be buried this afternoon at 2:00 p.m.,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n<p>As of the time of filing this report, the state government and security operatives have yet to issue an official statement on the incident.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Follow the Sahara Reporters channel on WhatsApp: https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaFClvtH5JM6SSsP7M2Y<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> Tobi <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/saharareporters.com\/2025\/09\/01\/breaking-bandits-kill-prominent-businessman-alhaji-sani-lafia-nasarawa-residents-lynch\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>However, residents quickly mobilised to confront the attackers, killing one of them while the rest managed to flee the scene. Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed a prominent businessman, Alhaji Sani Sabo, in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital. A source familiar with the incident told SaharaReporters on Monday morning that the assailants stormed the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":869846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57229,95],"tags":[57225,5733],"class_list":{"0":"post-869845","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bandits","8":"category-breaking","9":"tag-bandits","10":"tag-breaking"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=869845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/869846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}