{"id":1698,"date":"2023-09-07T18:37:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T18:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=1698"},"modified":"2023-09-07T18:37:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T18:37:06","slug":"dss-investigates-mob-attack-on-staff-in-abuja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2023\/09\/07\/dss-investigates-mob-attack-on-staff-in-abuja\/","title":{"rendered":"DSS Investigates Mob Attack on Staff in Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of State Service (DSS) has launched an investigation into a mob attack on one of its staff members in Garki Market, Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Abuja City Journal reports that Peter Afunanya, DSS PRO, said this on Thursday in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The statement read in part, &#8220;The attention of the Department of State Services (DSS) has been drawn to an incident that occurred a few hours ago (today, 7\/9\/2023) between its staff and a mob at the Garki Market, Abuja. Information at the disposal of the service was that its FCT Command responded to an SOS from their field operatives, who allegedly came under a mob attack in the said market.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred on the evening of September 5, 2023, in the Garki area of Abuja. A staff member of the Department of State Services was reportedly attacked by an angry mob while on official duty. The details of the incident are still emerging, but it is understood that the individual was confronted and physically assaulted by a group of individuals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The attack has raised concerns about the safety of government personnel and the need for enhanced security measures in the capital city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of State Service (DSS) has launched an investigation into a mob attack on one of its staff members in Garki Market, Abuja. &nbsp; Abuja City Journal reports that Peter Afunanya, DSS PRO, said this on Thursday in a statement. &nbsp; The statement read in part, &#8220;The attention of the Department of State Services [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-1698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1698","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1698"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1699,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1698\/revisions\/1699"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}