{"id":81623,"date":"2026-01-14T19:18:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T19:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=81623"},"modified":"2026-01-14T19:18:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T19:18:56","slug":"police-advise-nigerians-to-stay-calm-avoid-resistance-during-criminal-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/01\/14\/police-advise-nigerians-to-stay-calm-avoid-resistance-during-criminal-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Advise Nigerians to Stay Calm, Avoid Resistance During Criminal Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Sarah Sam Adda<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria Police Force has advised Nigerians to remain calm and avoid resisting criminals during attacks, urging citizens to prioritise their safety over material possessions.<br \/>\nThe Force Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, gave the advice on Tuesday during an interview on Politics Today on Channels Television, noting that calmness in dangerous situations could save lives.<br \/>\n\u201cIn the unfortunate event that you find yourself among criminals, do not struggle or fight. Stay calm and save your life first,\u201d Hundeyin said, adding that the police would pursue and arrest the perpetrators.<br \/>\nHe also disclosed that the police have recorded successes against criminal syndicates, including the arrest of suspects linked to \u201cOne-Chance\u201d gangs in Abuja and the murder of a lawyer in the Federal Capital Territory, with the victim\u2019s phone recovered.<br \/>\nHundeyin reassured Nigerians of the force\u2019s commitment to tackling crime and improving public safety nationwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sarah Sam Adda The Nigeria Police Force has advised Nigerians to remain calm and avoid resisting criminals during attacks, urging citizens to prioritise their safety over material possessions. The Force Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, gave the advice on Tuesday during an interview on Politics Today on Channels Television, noting that calmness in dangerous [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":81624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81623","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=81623"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81625,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81623\/revisions\/81625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}