{"id":62239,"date":"2025-03-06T13:14:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T13:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=62239"},"modified":"2025-03-06T13:14:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T13:14:28","slug":"tension-herdsmen-allegedly-kill-man-in-abuja-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/03\/06\/tension-herdsmen-allegedly-kill-man-in-abuja-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Tension: Herdsmen Allegedly Kill Man in Abuja Community\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Patrick Idowu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fear has gripped Riwaza community in Kwali Area Council, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), after suspected herdsmen allegedly hacked a man, John Moses Gwatana, to death following a dispute over a water pond.<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitnesses said the violence erupted around 11:23 a.m. on Sunday when herders led their cattle to drink from the pond, contaminating the community\u2019s only water source.<\/p>\n<p>Angered by the sight, some women confronted the herders, sparking a heated argument.<\/p>\n<p>As the situation escalated, two women ran back to the village to report the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The deceased, along with two other men, rushed to the scene to question the herders.<\/p>\n<p>However, in the confrontation, one of the herders allegedly pulled out a machete and fatally stabbed Gwatana, while two others sustained serious injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The wounded villagers were rushed to a hospital in Gwagwalada, while the attackers fled with their cattle before local vigilantes could arrive.<\/p>\n<p>Reports suggest the herders were migrating from Zago village in Niger State.<\/p>\n<p>The police in the area have confirmed the incident, but the FCT Police Command is yet to issue an official statement on the attack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Idowu Fear has gripped Riwaza community in Kwali Area Council, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), after suspected herdsmen allegedly hacked a man, John Moses Gwatana, to death following a dispute over a water pond. Eyewitnesses said the violence erupted around 11:23 a.m. on Sunday when herders led their cattle to drink from the pond, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":62240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181,182],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-62239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-defence-and-security","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62239","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=62239"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62241,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62239\/revisions\/62241"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}