{"id":63482,"date":"2025-03-28T17:03:29","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T17:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=63482"},"modified":"2025-03-29T05:45:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T05:45:06","slug":"gunfire-in-abuja-as-soldiers-clash-with-imn-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/03\/28\/gunfire-in-abuja-as-soldiers-clash-with-imn-protesters\/","title":{"rendered":"Abuja Boils as Soldiers, Protesters Clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Ifeoluwa Odunayo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A violent confrontation erupted in Abuja on Friday as members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), clashed with soldiers during a Quds Day procession, triggering a gun battle near Banex Plaza.<\/p>\n<p>The chaos unfolded just hours after the United States Embassy issued a security alert, warning of possible disruptions due to planned IMN protests in the capital and other major cities.<\/p>\n<p>The advisory had cautioned that previous demonstrations by the group led to roadblocks, heavy traffic, and violent confrontations.<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitnesses reported that security forces moved in to disperse the procession when tensions escalated, leading to gunfire and widespread panic in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have yet to provide an official casualty report, but the situation remains tense as security operatives monitor further developments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ifeoluwa Odunayo A violent confrontation erupted in Abuja on Friday as members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), clashed with soldiers during a Quds Day procession, triggering a gun battle near Banex Plaza. The chaos unfolded just hours after the United States Embassy issued a security alert, warning of possible disruptions due to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":63483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-63482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63482","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=63482"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63486,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63482\/revisions\/63486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}