{"id":67536,"date":"2025-06-07T21:28:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T21:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=67536"},"modified":"2025-06-07T21:28:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T21:28:36","slug":"amotekun-foils-robbery-in-ogun-rescues-injured-victim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/07\/amotekun-foils-robbery-in-ogun-rescues-injured-victim\/","title":{"rendered":"Amotekun Foils Robbery in Ogun, Rescues Injured Victim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onyeanya Ebere<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Operatives of the Ogun State Security Network, Amotekun, on Saturday foiled a robbery attempt in Akinale town, Ewekoro area of the state, following a swift response to a distress call.<\/p>\n<p>A 28-year-old man identified as Opeyemi Olusanya was shot in the upper part of his left leg during the attack, which occurred around 1:20 am.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released by the Deputy Commander of the Amotekun Corps, Tajudeen Bakare, it was disclosed that officers from the Ewekoro Command arrived at the scene just as the robbers were attempting to flee in a wine-colored Kia Cerato with registration number KRD 840 JS.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle is suspected to belong to one Ariwoola Wasiu of Ifesowapo Estate, Adunbu, Itori.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the sight of the combatant Amotekun operatives, the robbers took to their heels,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects escaped into a nearby bush, abandoning the vehicle and making away with valuables, including eight sophisticated mobile phones, two laptops, pieces of jewellery, and \u20a654,000 in cash.<\/p>\n<p>The abandoned vehicle has been handed over to the Nigeria Police at the Itori Division, who are now collaborating with Amotekun to investigate the robbery and track down the fleeing suspects.<\/p>\n<p>Olusanya was promptly taken to a private hospital in Obada-Oko where he is receiving treatment for the gunshot wound.<\/p>\n<p>The local community has commended Amotekun for their quick response and bravery, describing the operation as a strong demonstration of the corps\u2019 commitment to protecting lives and property in the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onyeanya Ebere Operatives of the Ogun State Security Network, Amotekun, on Saturday foiled a robbery attempt in Akinale town, Ewekoro area of the state, following a swift response to a distress call. A 28-year-old man identified as Opeyemi Olusanya was shot in the upper part of his left leg during the attack, which occurred [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":67537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-67536","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\/67536","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=67536"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67538,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67536\/revisions\/67538"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}