{"id":75376,"date":"2025-09-12T04:38:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T04:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=75376"},"modified":"2025-09-12T04:38:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T04:38:40","slug":"abuja-police-neutralize-wanted-gang-leader-in-gun-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/09\/12\/abuja-police-neutralize-wanted-gang-leader-in-gun-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Abuja Police Neutralize Wanted Gang Leader in Gun Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Sarah Sam Adda<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Police Command has neutralized a wanted gang leader, Umar Manu, popularly known as \u201cSmall,\u201d during an operation at Kurape Hills on September 9, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Manu, who led an armed robbery attempt at Apo Resettlement Centre on June 23, was killed after opening fire on operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit.<\/p>\n<p>FCT Police spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, said intelligence revealed the gang had crossed into the FCT from Nasarawa forests through Karshi, plotting another attack.<\/p>\n<p>A fierce gun duel ensued when operatives stormed the gang\u2019s hideout, leaving Manu dead while others fled with suspected gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n<p>Recovered items included two AK-49 rifles, an AK-47, three magazines, and eleven rounds of live ammunition.<\/p>\n<p>Two officers, including the Anti-Kidnapping Unit Commander, sustained minor injuries but have been treated and discharged.<\/p>\n<p>FCT Commissioner of Police, CP Ajao S. Adewale, commended the operatives\u2019 bravery and warned that criminals challenging security forces would face similar consequences.<\/p>\n<p>He urged hospitals and clinics to report anyone seeking treatment for gunshot injuries via the Command\u2019s emergency lines: 08032003913 and 08028940883.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sarah Sam Adda The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Police Command has neutralized a wanted gang leader, Umar Manu, popularly known as \u201cSmall,\u201d during an operation at Kurape Hills on September 9, 2025. Manu, who led an armed robbery attempt at Apo Resettlement Centre on June 23, was killed after opening fire on operatives of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":75377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-75376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75376","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=75376"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75378,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75376\/revisions\/75378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}