{"id":1706,"date":"2025-09-05T09:46:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T09:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/?p=1706"},"modified":"2025-09-05T09:46:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T09:46:19","slug":"abducted-monarch-regains-freedom-in-kogi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/09\/05\/abducted-monarch-regains-freedom-in-kogi\/","title":{"rendered":"Abducted monarch regains freedom in Kogi"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Security operatives in Kogi State have rescued the district head of Bagaji Odo, Omala Local Government Area, David Akpa, who was kidnapped a few days ago.<br \/><br \/>The State police spokesman, SP Williams Ovye-Aya, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Lokoja.<br \/><br \/>Recall that the traditional ruler was abducted in the Ojuwo Ugweche community while returning from a traditional council meeting in Abejukolo, the headquarters of Omala LG on Monday.<br \/><br \/>\u201cSecurity operatives, responding swiftly to the distress call about the abduction, have successfully rescued the traditional ruler unhurt from his abductors in a forest, \u201d the police spokesperson said.<br \/><br \/>The police image maker further stated that the security operatives, made up of police and the Nigerian Army, hunters group and vigilantes, would continue to ensure that criminals have no hiding place in Kogi.<br \/><br \/>According to him, the rescued district head will soon be united with his family in good health.<br \/><br \/>He appealed to the people of state to always cooperate with security operatives to rid the state of criminal elements.<br \/><br \/>The Chief Press Secretary to the Chairman of Omala LGA, Mr Gift Idoga, also confirmed the rescue of the traditional ruler.<br \/><br \/>\u201cThe District Head who was rescued today is currently at the residence of the Chairman of Omala LG receiving treatment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Security operatives in Kogi State have rescued the district head of Bagaji Odo, Omala Local Government Area, David Akpa, who was kidnapped a few days ago. The State police spokesman, SP Williams Ovye-Aya, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Lokoja. Recall that the traditional ruler was abducted in the Ojuwo Ugweche community [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v25.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Abducted monarch regains freedom in Kogi - Security Focus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Abducted monarch regains freedom in Kogi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/09\/05\/abducted-monarch-regains-freedom-in-kogi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Abducted monarch regains freedom in Kogi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Abducted monarch regains freedom in Kogi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/09\/05\/abducted-monarch-regains-freedom-in-kogi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-05T09:46:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/KOGI-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/09\/05\/abducted-monarch-regains-freedom-in-kogi\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/09\/05\/abducted-monarch-regains-freedom-in-kogi\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Security Focus\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/921a21c9775cf7069adf02b0e3fbaf14\"},\"headline\":\"Abducted monarch regains freedom in Kogi\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-05T09:46:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/09\/05\/abducted-monarch-regains-freedom-in-kogi\/\"},\"wordCount\":219,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/09\/05\/abducted-monarch-regains-freedom-in-kogi\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/KOGI-scaled.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/09\/05\/abducted-monarch-regains-freedom-in-kogi\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/09\/05\/abducted-monarch-regains-freedom-in-kogi\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/09\/05\/abducted-monarch-regains-freedom-in-kogi\/\",\"name\":\"Abducted monarch regains freedom in Kogi - 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