{"id":72397,"date":"2025-08-07T07:33:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T07:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=72397"},"modified":"2025-08-07T07:33:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T07:33:27","slug":"one-chance-robbers-steal-%e2%82%a6736000-from-trader-at-gunpoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/07\/one-chance-robbers-steal-%e2%82%a6736000-from-trader-at-gunpoint\/","title":{"rendered":"One-Chance Robbers Steal \u20a6736,000 from Trader at Gunpoint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Olokuta Rofiat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A trader, Mrs. Wumi Adekunle, has recounted a harrowing encounter with suspected \u201cone chance\u201d robbers who dispossessed her of \u20a6736,000 along the Giri-Zuba road in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred early in the morning while she was en route to Suleja market. According to Mrs. Adekunle, she boarded what appeared to be a regular commercial cab already occupied by passengers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the journey began, the driver suddenly veered off course, pretending the vehicle had developed a fault.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt that point, one of the passengers pulled out a pistol while another brandished a knife,\u201d she said. \u201cThey took my handbag containing \u20a6736,000, the money I was going to use for trading and threatened to shoot me if I made a sound.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She pleaded with the assailants to return part of the money, but they refused and dumped her by the roadside. Passersby later assisted her in getting home safely.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The visibly shaken trader has not reported the incident to the police, expressing doubt that any action would be taken or the stolen funds recovered.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne chance\u201d robberies have become increasingly rampant in the Federal Capital Territory, especially along routes like Gwagwalada, Zuba, and the Abuja-Lokoja expressway.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have repeatedly warned residents to avoid boarding unverified vehicles, particularly at odd hours.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Security operatives are said to be intensifying efforts to curb the menace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Olokuta Rofiat &nbsp; A trader, Mrs. Wumi Adekunle, has recounted a harrowing encounter with suspected \u201cone chance\u201d robbers who dispossessed her of \u20a6736,000 along the Giri-Zuba road in Abuja. &nbsp; The incident occurred early in the morning while she was en route to Suleja market. According to Mrs. Adekunle, she boarded what appeared to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":72398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72397","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\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72397"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72399,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72397\/revisions\/72399"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}