{"id":58099,"date":"2024-12-16T13:53:22","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T13:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=58099"},"modified":"2024-12-16T13:53:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T13:53:22","slug":"vandal-electrocuted-in-abuja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/12\/16\/vandal-electrocuted-in-abuja\/","title":{"rendered":"Vandal Electrocuted in Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>By Adenike Lawal<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A suspected cable thief, Muktar Rabiu, was electrocuted while attempting to steal high-voltage cables in Abuja on November 28, 2024.<br \/>\nRabiu had been arrested on November 21, 2024, for a similar offense and sentenced to community service and 42 strokes of the cane.<br \/>\nDespite this punishment, he resumed his criminal activities.<br \/>\nAccording to FCT Police spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, Rabiu suffered severe electrocution while dismantling electrical equipment in Gwagwalada.<br \/>\nHe is currently hospitalized and will face additional charges once he recovers.<br \/>\nThe police have reiterated their commitment to protecting public infrastructure and warned against vandalism, emphasizing its dangers and disruptions to essential services.<br \/>\nAuthorities are urging citizens to report suspicious activities to local stations or through emergency lines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal A suspected cable thief, Muktar Rabiu, was electrocuted while attempting to steal high-voltage cables in Abuja on November 28, 2024. Rabiu had been arrested on November 21, 2024, for a similar offense and sentenced to community service and 42 strokes of the cane. Despite this punishment, he resumed his criminal activities. According [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":58100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58099","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\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58099"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58101,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58099\/revisions\/58101"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}