{"id":60549,"date":"2025-02-05T10:34:47","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T10:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=60549"},"modified":"2025-02-05T10:34:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T10:34:47","slug":"bauchi-police-neutralizes-bandits-recover-ak-49-rifle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/02\/05\/bauchi-police-neutralizes-bandits-recover-ak-49-rifle\/","title":{"rendered":"Bauchi Police Neutralizes Bandits, Recover AK-49 Rifle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Gabriella Ogbu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Bauchi State Police Command has neutralized two suspected bandits and recovered an AK-49 rifle in a tactical operation aimed at strengthening security in the Gwana District and its border regions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Police spokesperson Ahmed Wakil, in a statement on Wednesday, said the operation, carried out on Tuesday by the Alkaleri Divisional Police Headquarters in collaboration with Special Hunters, was based on credible intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During a surveillance mission in the Dajin Madan Forest, security operatives encountered the armed suspects, leading to a confrontation that resulted in the deaths of two bandits while others fled with injuries.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The operation yielded the recovery of an AK-49 assault rifle and nine rounds of live ammunition.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wakil reaffirmed the police force\u2019s commitment to combating banditry and urged residents to support security efforts to enhance public safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Gabriella Ogbu &nbsp; The Bauchi State Police Command has neutralized two suspected bandits and recovered an AK-49 rifle in a tactical operation aimed at strengthening security in the Gwana District and its border regions. &nbsp; Police spokesperson Ahmed Wakil, in a statement on Wednesday, said the operation, carried out on Tuesday by the Alkaleri [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":60550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60549","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\/60549","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\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60549"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60551,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60549\/revisions\/60551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}