{"id":7401,"date":"2025-04-21T11:33:26","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T11:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=7401"},"modified":"2025-04-21T11:34:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T11:34:27","slug":"army-personnel-arrested-for-car-theft-in-abuja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=7401","title":{"rendered":"Army personnel arrested for car theft in Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 33-year-old Nigerian Army personnel has been arrested by the police in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, for attempting to sell a stolen vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert focused on the Lake Chad region, disclosed this in a post on his X handle on Sunday<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xandr.com\/privacy\/platform-privacy-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Makama said the suspect, identified as Lance Corporal Yusuf Yunnusa, is attached to the 82 Battalion in Rukuba, Plateau State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The security expert disclosed that he was apprehended at about 1630 hours on April 19 at Mamu Filling Station in Lambata, Kwali, following actionable intelligence that someone was attempting to sell a Toyota Corolla without documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe security personnel swiftly launched a surveillance operation that resulted in Yunnusa\u2019s arrest. 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