{"id":73566,"date":"2025-08-19T09:39:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T09:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=73566"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:39:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T09:39:53","slug":"obi-hails-security-agencies-over-arrest-of-ansaru-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/19\/obi-hails-security-agencies-over-arrest-of-ansaru-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Obi Hails Security Agencies Over Arrest of Ansaru Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Olokuta Rofiat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has commended Nigeria\u2019s security agencies for the arrest of top Ansaru terrorist leaders, describing it as a major breakthrough in the fight against terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>Obi said the operation showcased the professionalism and intelligence-driven efforts of the security forces, noting that it represents a crucial step in safeguarding lives and restoring peace.<\/p>\n<p>He urged security agencies to sustain the momentum in tackling terrorism and banditry, while calling for stronger collaboration between government, security operatives, and local communities.<\/p>\n<p>The arrested suspects are linked to Ansaru, an extremist group affiliated with al-Qaeda, notorious for worsening insecurity in parts of Nigeria. Their capture is expected to weaken terror networks and disrupt further attacks in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Obi further encouraged authorities to enhance intelligence-sharing and maintain vigilance to forestall future militant threats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Olokuta Rofiat Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has commended Nigeria\u2019s security agencies for the arrest of top Ansaru terrorist leaders, describing it as a major breakthrough in the fight against terrorism. Obi said the operation showcased the professionalism and intelligence-driven efforts of the security forces, noting that it represents a crucial step [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":73465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-and-security","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73566","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=73566"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73567,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73566\/revisions\/73567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}