{"id":72769,"date":"2025-08-11T10:18:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T10:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=72769"},"modified":"2025-08-11T10:18:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T10:18:28","slug":"thief-caught-stealing-water-drum-in-dutse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/11\/thief-caught-stealing-water-drum-in-dutse\/","title":{"rendered":"Thief Caught Stealing Water Drum in Dutse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Merciful Omoba<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Residents of Dutse Obasanjo Road, near Mama Baby Street, were jolted on Sunday morning when a suspected thief was caught attempting to steal a condemned water drum in broad daylight.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened around 11:30 a.m. on August 10, attracting passersby and shop owners.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses said the suspect had been spotted loitering in the area in recent days, apparently scouting the property.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>His luck ran out when he was caught red-handed trying to wheel the drum away.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A mob quickly formed, assaulting the suspect until a few bystanders intervened to stop the beating. He was eventually released but left visibly injured.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have not confirmed whether a formal complaint was filed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Concerned residents are calling for stronger community security to deter similar incidents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Merciful Omoba &nbsp; Residents of Dutse Obasanjo Road, near Mama Baby Street, were jolted on Sunday morning when a suspected thief was caught attempting to steal a condemned water drum in broad daylight. &nbsp; The incident happened around 11:30 a.m. on August 10, attracting passersby and shop owners. &nbsp; Witnesses said the suspect had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":72770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72769","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=72769"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72771,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72769\/revisions\/72771"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}