{"id":57390,"date":"2024-11-30T15:07:18","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T15:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=57390"},"modified":"2024-12-01T10:55:38","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T10:55:38","slug":"herbalist-shoots-self-testing-bullet-charm-in-abuja-aiport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/11\/30\/herbalist-shoots-self-testing-bullet-charm-in-abuja-aiport\/","title":{"rendered":"Herbalist injures self, testing bulletproof charm in Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Patrick Idowu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a bizarre incident in Abuja, local herbalist Ismail Usman shot himself in the stomach while testing the efficacy of a self-made \u2018bulletproof\u2019 charm.<\/p>\n<p>This reckless act occurred on November 23 at Kuchibuyi Village, as confirmed by Josephine Adeh, spokesperson for the FCT Police Command.<\/p>\n<p>According to Adeh, Usman fired a shotgun at himself in an ill-fated demonstration of his charm&#8217;s protective capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to a distress call from a bystander, Shandam Michael, officers from the Byazhin Division arrived at the scene to find Usman in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency responders quickly transported him to Kubwa General Hospital for urgent care, later transferring him to Gwagwalada Specialist Hospital for further treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Following the incident, police conducted a search of Usman&#8217;s residence, recovering a homemade firearm and a variety of charms linked to his dangerous experiment.<\/p>\n<p>Investigations are ongoing, with Usman expected to face charges for unlawful possession of firearms and attempted suicide under Section 231 of the Penal Code Law of Northern Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Areh stressed the need for community vigilance, urging residents to report any suspicious activities to prevent such incidents in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Idowu In a bizarre incident in Abuja, local herbalist Ismail Usman shot himself in the stomach while testing the efficacy of a self-made \u2018bulletproof\u2019 charm. This reckless act occurred on November 23 at Kuchibuyi Village, as confirmed by Josephine Adeh, spokesperson for the FCT Police Command. According to Adeh, Usman fired a shotgun [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":57391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-57390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57390","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\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57390"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57402,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57390\/revisions\/57402"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}