{"id":15539,"date":"2024-01-19T11:28:39","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T11:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=15539"},"modified":"2024-01-19T11:28:39","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T11:28:39","slug":"kidnappers-invade-army-estate-in-abuja-abduct-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/01\/19\/kidnappers-invade-army-estate-in-abuja-abduct-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Kidnappers Invade Army Estate in Abuja, Abduct 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kidnappers reportedly struck the Army Estate in Abuja on Thursday night, abducting the wife and one in-law of Barrister Cyril Adikwu. The incident unfolded around 10:00 p.m. in the Phase 2 area of the estate. According to Austine John, a neighbor to the victim, the kidnappers entered the estate, initiated gunfire, and specifically targeted Barrister Adikwu&#8217;s residence. Despite the barrister managing to escape, his wife and in-law were taken by the assailants.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>John described the harrowing experience, emphasizing that the neighborhood became aware of the situation as gunshots echoed through the night. The estate&#8217;s management promptly responded, and security personnel, including the military, arrived at the scene. Unfortunately, the kidnappers had already fled with the abducted individuals before their arrival.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Expressing trauma and fear, John highlighted the urgent need for intervention to address the escalating kidnappings. He called on President Tinubu to take decisive action against the perpetrators and put an end to these acts of violence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kidnappers reportedly struck the Army Estate in Abuja on Thursday night, abducting the wife and one in-law of Barrister Cyril Adikwu. The incident unfolded around 10:00 p.m. in the Phase 2 area of the estate. According to Austine John, a neighbor to the victim, the kidnappers entered the estate, initiated gunfire, and specifically targeted Barrister [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":15540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15539"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15543,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15539\/revisions\/15543"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}