{"id":67226,"date":"2025-06-03T15:32:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T15:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=67226"},"modified":"2025-06-03T15:32:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T15:32:15","slug":"abducted-nasarawa-monarch-regains-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/03\/abducted-nasarawa-monarch-regains-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Abducted Nasarawa Monarch Regains Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The abducted traditional ruler of Dari community in Kokona Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, His Royal Highness Emmanuel Omanji, has regained his freedom following a successful police operation.<\/p>\n<p>The monarch, who was kidnapped from his palace on May 28, was rescued late Monday night, June 2, by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force during a tactical operation in the Panwasa Mountains near Mada Station.<\/p>\n<p>Confirming the development in a statement issued Tuesday in Lafia, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ramhan Nansel, said the rescue was achieved around 11:00 p.m. after the Police Command\u2019s Search and Rescue Team sustained intense pressure on the kidnappers, forcing them to abandon their victim.<\/p>\n<p>HRH Emmanuel Omanji was found unharmed and has since undergone medical evaluation before being reunited with his family.<\/p>\n<p>Efforts are ongoing to apprehend the fleeing suspects behind the abduction, as the police intensify their manhunt for those responsible.<\/p>\n<p>The Commissioner of Police, Nasarawa State Command, CP Shetima Jauro-Mohammed, expressed appreciation to members of the public for their support and to other security agencies and vigilante groups for their collaborative efforts, which contributed significantly to the monarch\u2019s safe return.<\/p>\n<p>The rescue has brought relief to the Dari community and highlights the effectiveness of coordinated security action and community partnership in combating crime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal &nbsp; The abducted traditional ruler of Dari community in Kokona Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, His Royal Highness Emmanuel Omanji, has regained his freedom following a successful police operation. The monarch, who was kidnapped from his palace on May 28, was rescued late Monday night, June 2, by operatives of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":67227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1724],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insecurity"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67226","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67226"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67228,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67226\/revisions\/67228"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}