{"id":85363,"date":"2021-08-30T00:17:07","date_gmt":"2021-08-29T23:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=85363"},"modified":"2021-08-30T00:17:07","modified_gmt":"2021-08-29T23:17:07","slug":"abuja-under-siege-by-kidnappers-other-criminals-huriwa-raises-alarm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/abuja-under-siege-by-kidnappers-other-criminals-huriwa-raises-alarm\/","title":{"rendered":"Abuja under siege by kidnappers, other criminals \u2013 HURIWA raises alarm\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1709471063609949330\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">A rights group, Human Rights Writers Association, (HURIWA) has raised the alarm that the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is saturated by all kinds of armed robbers and criminals including hardened armed kidnappers.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe group in a statement released on Sunday condemned the fact that the FCT Police Command and all other security agencies that ought to concentrate on combating crimes in the nation\u2019s capital are posted to houses of very important persons.<\/p>\n<p>According to the group, this has made crime-fighting a herculean task for the few demotivated operatives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe regret the fact that residents of such satellite towns like Kuje, Bwari, Gwagwalada amongst others are Daily made to confront the men of the underworld with little or no efforts on the side of the police and other law enforcement agencies within the FCT to effectively introduce measures to combat these crimes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can recall that in early February, the Police in Abuja, confirmed the abduction of John Makama, father of Bwari Area Council Chairman, John Gabaya.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe perpetrators of this crime are yet to be brought to book ever since the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Bwari Police Station, Biodun Makanjuola, said that the police were still gathering details on what actually happened,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The group further called for a total unbundling of the failed security architecture and the adoption of strategic approaches to crime-fighting just as it suggested the revitalization of the public versus government forum for exchanges of information and ideas on how to secure the Federal Capital Territory.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A rights group, Human Rights Writers Association, (HURIWA) has raised the alarm that the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is saturated by all kinds of armed robbers and criminals including hardened&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":71636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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