{"id":63877,"date":"2025-04-07T04:36:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T04:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=63877"},"modified":"2025-04-07T04:36:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T04:36:23","slug":"police-thwart-robbery-at-abuja-estate-arrest-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/04\/07\/police-thwart-robbery-at-abuja-estate-arrest-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Thwart Robbery at Abuja Estate, Arrest Two  \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Ade Iyamoye\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has foiled a daring robbery attempt at Royal Court Estate in Jahi Two, Abuja, arresting two suspects and recovering firearms, stolen vehicles, and electronic gadgets.<\/p>\n<p>The swift response came after a distress call was placed to the Mabushi Division around 3:20 a.m. on Wednesday, alerting officers to an ongoing attack at the upscale estate.<\/p>\n<p>According to the spokesperson of the Command, Superintendent of Police Josephine Adeh, the officers arrived promptly and were met with fierce gunfire from the armed robbers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Despite the intense exchange, the police operatives, leveraging their superior firepower, overwhelmed the assailants,&#8221; Adeh confirmed in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>In the ensuing pursuit, two suspects identified as Rabiu Jubril and Ibrahim Isa, both residents of the Tipper Garage area in Jahi, were apprehended while attempting to flee the scene with gunshot injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Recovered from the suspects were two locally fabricated firearms and three vehicles believed to have been stolen during the operation.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicles include a black Toyota Matrix with registration number NBS 348 CP, a black Toyota Venza with registration number ABJ 105 AV, and a grey Lexus IS350 bearing registration number RSH 295 CB.<\/p>\n<p>The police also recovered an assortment of electronic devices from the suspects, including two MacBook Pro laptops, a Lenovo laptop, and other valuable items.<\/p>\n<p>The FCT Police Command has since reiterated its commitment to maintaining public safety, assuring residents of its continued vigilance against criminal elements across the territory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ade Iyamoye\u00a0 The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has foiled a daring robbery attempt at Royal Court Estate in Jahi Two, Abuja, arresting two suspects and recovering firearms, stolen vehicles, and electronic gadgets. The swift response came after a distress call was placed to the Mabushi Division around 3:20 a.m. on Wednesday, alerting officers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":63878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-63877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63877","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=63877"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63879,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63877\/revisions\/63879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}