{"id":72935,"date":"2025-08-12T15:40:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T15:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=72935"},"modified":"2025-08-12T15:40:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T15:40:11","slug":"wikes-security-drive-transforms-abuja-earns-stakeholders-applause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/12\/wikes-security-drive-transforms-abuja-earns-stakeholders-applause\/","title":{"rendered":"Wike\u2019s Security Drive Transforms Abuja, Earns Stakeholders\u2019 Applause"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Olokuta Rofiat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Security analysts, community leaders, and political groups have lauded Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Minister Nyesom Wike for sweeping reforms credited with improving safety across Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>A key milestone is the near-completion of 12 divisional police stations and six-unit staff quarters across the six area councils.<\/p>\n<p>Initiated in November 2024 and now 70% complete, the project has strengthened security presence while creating jobs for locals.<\/p>\n<p>Wike is also advancing plans for a Central Command and Control Centre to integrate real-time intelligence from drones, CCTV networks, and other surveillance tools for proactive, technology-driven policing.<\/p>\n<p>The Confederation of APC Support Groups, led by Prof. Kailani Muhammed, hailed Abuja under Wike as a \u201csafe haven\u201d where residents can \u201csleep with their two eyes closed,\u201d praising his collaboration with the FCT Police Command in combating crime, insurgency, and other threats.<\/p>\n<p>Stakeholders say the reforms are making Abuja safer, more investor-friendly, and boosting public confidence in the administration\u2019s commitment to law and order.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Olokuta Rofiat &nbsp; Security analysts, community leaders, and political groups have lauded Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Minister Nyesom Wike for sweeping reforms credited with improving safety across Abuja. A key milestone is the near-completion of 12 divisional police stations and six-unit staff quarters across the six area councils. Initiated in November 2024 and now [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":72936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72935","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72935"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72937,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72935\/revisions\/72937"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}