{"id":69280,"date":"2025-06-30T00:41:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T00:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=69280"},"modified":"2025-06-30T00:41:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T00:41:20","slug":"police-arrest-suspected-kingpin-of-abuja-robbery-kidnap-gang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/30\/police-arrest-suspected-kingpin-of-abuja-robbery-kidnap-gang\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Arrest Suspected Kingpin of Abuja Robbery, Kidnap Gang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a major breakthrough against crime in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), police operatives have arrested a suspected leader of a robbery and kidnapping syndicate terrorizing Abuja and surrounding areas.<\/p>\n<p>The arrest took place in the early hours of Saturday, June 28, during a routine patrol by officers from the Garki Police Division around the Area 8 Banking Arena.<\/p>\n<p>The patrol team intercepted a suspicious convoy consisting of a Toyota 4Runner SUV and a Toyota Corolla sedan.<\/p>\n<p>According to eyewitnesses and police sources, two occupants of the Corolla fled the scene upon spotting the officers, abandoning their vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>However, the driver of the SUV, later identified as 35-year-old Chukwudi Nwodu, resisted arrest, leading to a brief confrontation before he was overpowered and detained.<\/p>\n<p>A search of the SUV revealed several dangerous items including a sharp axe, poisonous spear, combat knife, black face mask, three walkie-talkies, and a military-style beret, suggesting planned violent operations and possible impersonation.<\/p>\n<p>The police have launched a manhunt for the fleeing suspects and are interrogating Nwodu to uncover the extent of the gang\u2019s activities, which may be linked to recent kidnappings and robberies in the FCT.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities described the arrest as a crucial step toward dismantling criminal networks and restoring public safety in the capital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal In a major breakthrough against crime in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), police operatives have arrested a suspected leader of a robbery and kidnapping syndicate terrorizing Abuja and surrounding areas. The arrest took place in the early hours of Saturday, June 28, during a routine patrol by officers from the Garki Police [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":69282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-69280","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\/69280","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=69280"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69283,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69280\/revisions\/69283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}