{"id":63491,"date":"2025-03-29T11:34:36","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T11:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=63491"},"modified":"2025-03-29T11:34:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T11:34:36","slug":"imn-members-kill-security-operative-in-abuja-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/03\/29\/imn-members-kill-security-operative-in-abuja-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"IMN Members Kill Security Operative in Abuja Clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Ifeoluwa Odunayo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A violent confrontation between security forces and members of the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), in Abuja has left one operative dead and several others injured.<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Capital Territory Police Command confirmed that the attack occurred near Banex Plaza on Friday when IMN members, armed with firearms, cutlasses, and petrol bombs, launched an assault on security personnel.<\/p>\n<p>Spokesperson for the police, SP Josephine Adeh, revealed that 19 suspects had been arrested in connection with the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Three security operatives sustained injuries and were rushed to the National Hospital, where one was later pronounced dead.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioner of Police Ajao Adewale condemned the attack, assuring that all those responsible would be brought to justice.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have urged residents to remain calm and report any suspicious activities through designated emergency hotlines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ifeoluwa Odunayo A violent confrontation between security forces and members of the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), in Abuja has left one operative dead and several others injured. The Federal Capital Territory Police Command confirmed that the attack occurred near Banex Plaza on Friday when IMN members, armed with firearms, cutlasses, and petrol [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":63492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-63491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-and-security","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63491","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=63491"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63493,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63491\/revisions\/63493"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}