{"id":71836,"date":"2025-08-01T04:46:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T04:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=71836"},"modified":"2025-08-01T04:46:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T04:46:46","slug":"nigerian-troops-foil-kidnap-attempt-near-abuja-rescue-injured-couple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/01\/nigerian-troops-foil-kidnap-attempt-near-abuja-rescue-injured-couple\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Troops Foil Kidnap Attempt Near Abuja, Rescue Injured Couple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Huldah Shado<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Troops of the Nigerian Army on Wednesday morning foiled a kidnapping attempt and rescued a couple attacked by suspected bandits near Zuma Rock in Niger State.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred around 5:30 a.m. behind Zuma Rock, near Chachi Village in Tafa Local Government Area.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report shared Thursday by security analyst Zagazola Makama on X (formerly Twitter), the soldiers responded swiftly after hearing gunshots in the area.<\/p>\n<p>On arrival, they found a black 2008 Honda Accord with registration number KUR 395 AA abandoned in a ditch, riddled with bullet holes, especially on the front doors.<\/p>\n<p>The troops engaged the attackers in a gunfight, successfully rescuing the vehicle\u2019s occupants; Samson Audu of Bakusa in Dei-Dei, and his partner, Joy Bassy.<\/p>\n<p>Audu sustained a gunshot wound to the right hand, while Bassy suffered a head injury.<\/p>\n<p>Both victims were taken to Right Care Hospital in Dakwa and are reportedly responding well to treatment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Huldah Shado Troops of the Nigerian Army on Wednesday morning foiled a kidnapping attempt and rescued a couple attacked by suspected bandits near Zuma Rock in Niger State. The incident occurred around 5:30 a.m. behind Zuma Rock, near Chachi Village in Tafa Local Government Area. According to a report shared Thursday by security analyst [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":71837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-and-security","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71836","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=71836"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71838,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71836\/revisions\/71838"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}