{"id":60175,"date":"2025-01-29T21:29:48","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T21:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=60175"},"modified":"2025-01-29T21:29:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T21:29:48","slug":"fct-police-recover-stolen-vehicle-hunt-armed-robbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/01\/29\/fct-police-recover-stolen-vehicle-hunt-armed-robbers\/","title":{"rendered":"FCT Police Recover Stolen Vehicle, Hunt Armed Robbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Patrick Idowu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Police Command has recovered a black 2013 Toyota Camry (registration number YAB-479BG), stolen at gunpoint at Nipco Junction, Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred on January 20, 2025, at about 10:00 p.m. when a young woman and her fianc\u00e9 were intercepted by armed robbers in a blue Toyota Corolla while driving home from Lighthouse Estate.<\/p>\n<p>The assailants, brandishing firearms, fired warning shots before forcing the victims out and fleeing with the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>According to FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, the Trademore Police Station received a distress call, prompting an immediate emergency response.<\/p>\n<p>Working with the Command\u2019s control room, officers swiftly mobilized patrol teams, checkpoints, and surveillance units.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeveraging advanced digital tracking technology, the stolen vehicle was traced to Zuba within hours. Officers moved in on the location and recovered the car intact.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Efforts are ongoing to apprehend the fleeing suspects,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>FCT Commissioner of Police commended the swift response and urged residents to install digital tracking systems in their vehicles for enhanced security.<\/p>\n<p>He reassured the public of the Command\u2019s commitment to safety and urged vigilance, encouraging prompt reporting of suspicious activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Idowu The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Police Command has recovered a black 2013 Toyota Camry (registration number YAB-479BG), stolen at gunpoint at Nipco Junction, Abuja. The incident occurred on January 20, 2025, at about 10:00 p.m. when a young woman and her fianc\u00e9 were intercepted by armed robbers in a blue Toyota Corolla [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":60176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60175","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\/60175","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\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60175"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60177,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60175\/revisions\/60177"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}