{"id":65860,"date":"2025-05-17T04:09:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T04:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=65860"},"modified":"2025-05-17T04:09:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T04:09:20","slug":"karu-residents-cry-out-as-okada-keke-chaos-takes-over-estate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/05\/17\/karu-residents-cry-out-as-okada-keke-chaos-takes-over-estate\/","title":{"rendered":"Karu Residents Cry Out as Okada, Keke Chaos Takes Over Estate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Residents of the Federal Housing Authority Estate in Karu Phase One, Abuja, are sounding the alarm over growing insecurity triggered by the unchecked activities of commercial motorcyclists and tricycle operators.<\/p>\n<p>In a petition to the Divisional Police Headquarters, Nyanya, the Royal Palm Community Committee accused the operators of turning the estate\u2019s entrance into an unlawful base.<\/p>\n<p>The group said shanties, roadside stalls, and illegal parking have overrun the neighborhood, disrupting movement and threatening peace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are living in fear,\u201d the petition reads. \u201cThey have taken over our roads and even parts of a school. Residents are harassed and silenced. This must stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Signed by the committee\u2019s security chair, Yahaya Abubakar, and secretary, Chinedu Abah, the petition recounted a violent incident between May 14 and 15 in which a resident was attacked and hospitalized by suspected intruders.<\/p>\n<p>The community fears more harm if nothing is done.<\/p>\n<p>An anonymous resident described how once-quiet streets like Lantana Crescent have become unsafe at night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey come from nowhere, erect shelters, block the road, and make life unbearable. It is as if we no longer own our own estate,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The residents are urging the police and the FCT Administration to act swiftly.<\/p>\n<p>Their demand is simple: remove the unlawful occupants, enforce order, and return safety to Karu Phase One.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal Residents of the Federal Housing Authority Estate in Karu Phase One, Abuja, are sounding the alarm over growing insecurity triggered by the unchecked activities of commercial motorcyclists and tricycle operators. In a petition to the Divisional Police Headquarters, Nyanya, the Royal Palm Community Committee accused the operators of turning the estate\u2019s entrance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":65861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65860","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=65860"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65862,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65860\/revisions\/65862"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}