{"id":81253,"date":"2026-01-07T06:18:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T06:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=81253"},"modified":"2026-01-07T06:18:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T06:18:14","slug":"nigerian-troops-foil-robbery-attempt-on-abuja-kaduna-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/01\/07\/nigerian-troops-foil-robbery-attempt-on-abuja-kaduna-highway\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Troops Foil Robbery Attempt on Abuja-Kaduna Highway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Olokuta Rofiat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Troops of the Nigerian Army under 1 Division, Sector 1 of Operation Fansan Yamma, have foiled an attempted armed robbery on the Abuja-Kaduna Highway, ensuring the safety of commuters.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred around 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday near Nasarawan Doka after troops responded to a distress call and swiftly intercepted suspected robbers targeting travellers.<\/p>\n<p>Security sources said the soldiers engaged the criminals, neutralising the threat without any casualties.<\/p>\n<p>One suspect, Kabiru Zayyanu, was arrested with a gunshot wound to the leg and taken to Doka General Hospital for treatment, while other gang members escaped.<\/p>\n<p>The Army said no abduction or loss of life was recorded and that the suspect would be handed over to relevant authorities for further investigation.<\/p>\n<p>It reaffirmed its commitment to securing major highways and urged the public to report suspicious activities promptly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Olokuta Rofiat Troops of the Nigerian Army under 1 Division, Sector 1 of Operation Fansan Yamma, have foiled an attempted armed robbery on the Abuja-Kaduna Highway, ensuring the safety of commuters. The incident occurred around 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday near Nasarawan Doka after troops responded to a distress call and swiftly intercepted suspected robbers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":81254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,1724,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-and-security","category-insecurity","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81253","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=81253"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81255,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81253\/revisions\/81255"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}