{
  "id": 12167539,
  "title": "Zamfara: Ransom payments empowering bandits to buy weapons- Gov Lawal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/zamfara-ransom-payments-empowering-bandits-to-buy-weapons-gov-lawal",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-05T14:11:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/10/05/zamfara-ransom-payments-empowering-bandits-to-buy-weapons-gov-lawal/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State, on Monday, vowed never to negotiate with bandits in the state. Lawal said Nigerians are empowering bandits when they pay ransom for their kidnapped relatives. Speaking during a media chat in Gusau, the state capital, the governor said the bandits use ransoms collected to purchase weapons. According to Lawal, […] Zamfara: Ransom payments empowering bandits to…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Trust",
        "title": "Zamfara @30: Insecurity easing, economy recovering – Gov Lawal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/zamfara-30-insecurity-easing-economy-recovering-gov-lawal",
        "published": "2026-10-05T07:12:31.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Zamfara not an embodiment of Sharia, insecurity – Gov Dauda Lawal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/zamfara-not-an-embodiment-of-sharia-insecurity-gov-dauda-lawal",
        "published": "2026-10-05T15:48:10.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}