{"id":58152,"date":"2024-12-17T12:05:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T12:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=58152"},"modified":"2024-12-17T12:05:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T12:05:00","slug":"car-snatchers-kill-lecturer-in-awka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/12\/17\/car-snatchers-kill-lecturer-in-awka\/","title":{"rendered":"Car Snatchers kill Lecturer in Awka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Gabriella Ogbu<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Fabian Osita, a lecturer at Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka, was shot dead on Monday night by suspected car snatchers near the high-tension area in Aroma, Awka.<br \/>\nThe assailants reportedly intercepted Dr. Osita\u2019s Toyota Corolla as he was driving home and attempted to steal the car.<br \/>\nWitnesses said the lecturer resisted and was shot in the head. The attackers fled with his vehicle, leaving his lifeless body at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>UNIZIK\u2019s Chief Security Officer, Ken Chukwurah, confirmed the incident, which occurred around 7:30 p.m.<br \/>\nThe university community is in mourning over the loss of the Business Department lecturer.<br \/>\nIn response to rising insecurity, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), at UNIZIK is mobilizing to protest at the Government House in Awka.<br \/>\nAnambra State Police Command spokesman, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the murder and said investigations are ongoing.<br \/>\nThe police are seeking information to identify the perpetrators and recover the stolen vehicle, a 2006 ash-colored Toyota Corolla with an Enugu plate number.<br \/>\nAuthorities urge anyone with relevant information or sightings of the vehicle to report to the nearest police station.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Gabriella Ogbu Dr. Fabian Osita, a lecturer at Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka, was shot dead on Monday night by suspected car snatchers near the high-tension area in Aroma, Awka. The assailants reportedly intercepted Dr. Osita\u2019s Toyota Corolla as he was driving home and attempted to steal the car. Witnesses said the lecturer resisted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":58153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58152","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\/58152","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=58152"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58154,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58152\/revisions\/58154"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}