{"id":9871,"date":"2023-12-07T13:36:19","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T13:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=9871"},"modified":"2023-12-07T13:36:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T13:36:19","slug":"lawmaker-advocates-urgent-security-overhaul-in-fct-amid-escalating-criminality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2023\/12\/07\/lawmaker-advocates-urgent-security-overhaul-in-fct-amid-escalating-criminality\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmaker Advocates Urgent Security Overhaul in FCT Amid Escalating Criminality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a press conference held in Abuja on Thursday, Joshua Obika, the House of Representatives member representing FCT\u2019s AMAC-Bwari Federal Constituency, has passionately called for a comprehensive revamping of the security architecture in the Federal Capital Territory. This plea comes in response to a disturbing surge in criminal activities within the nation&#8217;s capital.<\/p>\n<p>Expressing his deep concern, Obika highlighted the alarming instances of individuals being closely monitored and targeted right in front of their own gates. Shockingly, he revealed that a new and unsettling dimension of criminality has emerged, with hoodlums orchestrating fake alarms about missing genitals to create chaos. Exploiting the ensuing confusion, these criminals then proceed to rob unsuspecting victims of their mobile phones and personal belongings.<\/p>\n<p>Emphasizing the indiscriminate nature of the criminal acts, Obika stressed that no specific class of people has been spared, leaving an air of uncertainty about who might become the next victim. He painted a grim picture of Abuja, stating unequivocally that the city is no longer a safe haven, leaving citizens anxious as they witness what they perceive as a deteriorating security situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a press conference held in Abuja on Thursday, Joshua Obika, the House of Representatives member representing FCT\u2019s AMAC-Bwari Federal Constituency, has passionately called for a comprehensive revamping of the security architecture in the Federal Capital Territory. This plea comes in response to a disturbing surge in criminal activities within the nation&#8217;s capital. Expressing his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":9872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9871","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9871"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9877,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9871\/revisions\/9877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}