{"id":57632,"date":"2024-12-03T21:58:29","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T21:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=57632"},"modified":"2024-12-03T21:58:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T21:58:29","slug":"police-nab-army-impersonators-cable-vandals-in-abuja-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/12\/03\/police-nab-army-impersonators-cable-vandals-in-abuja-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Nab Army Impersonators, Cable Vandals in Abuja Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Gabriella Ogbu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested two individuals, Emmanuel Linus and Moses Daniel, for impersonating a Nigerian Army officer and engaging in fraudulent activities.<\/p>\n<p>Linus was apprehended on November 30, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. while wearing full Nigerian Army camouflage.<\/p>\n<p>Upon interrogation, he allegedly presented a fake military ID card, dated December 20, 2024, which raised suspicions.<\/p>\n<p>Further investigation revealed Linus and Daniel were part of a syndicate defrauding victims through fake bank alerts.<\/p>\n<p>Parading the suspects, FCT Commissioner of Police, Tunji Disu, stated that efforts are underway to arrest other syndicate members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are committed to bringing every member of this criminal group to justice,\u201d he affirmed.<\/p>\n<p>In a related operation, police arrested two suspects for vandalizing streetlight poles and stealing cables near the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Among them was a dismissed police officer, caught alongside an accomplice during a November 29, 2024, operation.<\/p>\n<p>Surveillance efforts led to their arrest, and recovered items included multiple streetlight poles and cables valued at over \u20a620 million, belonging to the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA).<\/p>\n<p>The Command also reported the seizure of 296 vehicles for violations such as driving without number plates and the illegal use of tinted glasses.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioner Disu emphasized the effectiveness of the Special Tactical Team in curbing such offenses.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects remain in custody as investigations continue.<\/p>\n<p>Disu assured residents of the Command\u2019s dedication to combating crime and safeguarding public infrastructure in Abuja.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Gabriella Ogbu The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested two individuals, Emmanuel Linus and Moses Daniel, for impersonating a Nigerian Army officer and engaging in fraudulent activities. Linus was apprehended on November 30, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. while wearing full Nigerian Army camouflage. Upon interrogation, he allegedly presented a fake military ID [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":57633,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57632","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=57632"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57634,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57632\/revisions\/57634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}