{"id":1846801,"date":"2024-04-10T16:59:43","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T15:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advocate.ng\/?p=1846801"},"modified":"2024-04-10T16:59:43","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T15:59:43","slug":"tragedy-strikes-as-nscdc-officers-allegedly-shoot-woman-at-eid-ground-in-zamfara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/advocate.ng\/tragedy-strikes-as-nscdc-officers-allegedly-shoot-woman-at-eid-ground-in-zamfara\/","title":{"rendered":"Tragedy Strikes as NSCDC Officers Allegedly Shoot Woman at Eid Ground in Zamfara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tragedy struck at an Eid ground in Zamfara State as personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) allegedly shot and killed a woman while pursuing suspected hoodlums armed with dangerous weapons.<\/p>\n<p>The incident has sparked outrage among the local community, leading to the setting ablaze of an NSCDC vehicle and the arrest of two officers by the police.<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitnesses reported that the NSCDC personnel opened fire indiscriminately while attempting to apprehend the suspects, inadvertently killing an innocent woman in the process.<\/p>\n<p>The event has led to heightened tensions in the area, with an angry mob gathering and taking action against the NSCDC.<\/p>\n<p>Zamfara State Police Command has confirmed that two officers involved in the shooting are currently in police custody, and an investigation into the incident has been initiated.<\/p>\n<p>The police were able to disperse the mob and restore calm in the area.<\/p>\n<p>This unfortunate event has cast a dark cloud over the Eid celebrations in Zamfara State, with community members demanding justice for the victim and a thorough investigation into the actions of the NSCDC personnel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tragedy struck at an Eid ground in Zamfara State as personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) allegedly shot and killed a woman while pursuing suspected hoodlums armed with dangerous weapons. The incident has sparked outrage among the local community, leading to the setting ablaze of an NSCDC vehicle and the arrest &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":1846802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12046],"tags":[31264,4803,13895,4952,31266,5820,31265,7418],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/advocate.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1846801"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/advocate.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/advocate.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advocate.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advocate.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1846801"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/advocate.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1846801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1846803,"href":"https:\/\/advocate.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1846801\/revisions\/1846803"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advocate.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1846802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/advocate.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1846801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advocate.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1846801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advocate.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1846801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}