{"id":168136,"date":"2025-07-03T09:04:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T08:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-act-aims-to-curb-violence-amid-hoodlum-attacks"},"modified":"2025-07-03T10:05:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T09:05:16","slug":"police-act-aims-to-curb-violence-amid-hoodlum-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-act-aims-to-curb-violence-amid-hoodlum-attacks","title":{"rendered":"Police Act Aims to Curb Violence Amid Hoodlum Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Adamawa State Police Command is taking steps to curtail spread of violence after hoodlums torched thatched huts in communities in Lamurde and Guyuk, two neighbouring local government areas in southern Adamawa.<\/p>\n<p>The command said in the early hours of Thursday that in two separate incidents reported on 2nd July 2025, unidentified persons set fire to the thatched huts in Lafiya (Lamurde LGA) and Boshikiri village (Guyuk LGA).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProperties belonging to Mrs. Ododumga Kenneth and Mr. Nura Haruna were completely destroyed in the attacks,\u201d the command said in a statement signed by its spokesman, SP Sulaiman Nguroje.<\/p>\n<p>Nguroje stated that the state Commissioner of Police, CP Dankombo Morris, has ordered a discreet investigation and immediate deployment of police personnel to prevent further escalation and ensure the arrest of the perpetrators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe CP warns that anyone found instigating violence or engaging in criminal acts will be decisively dealt with in accordance with the law,\u201d Nguroje stated.<\/p>\n<p>He called on residents to remain calm and to report any suspicious activities to the police.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Adamawa State Police Command is taking steps to curtail spread of violence after hoodlums torched thatched huts in communities in Lamurde and Guyuk, two neighbouring local government areas in southern Adamawa. The command said in the early hours of Thursday that in two separate incidents reported on 2nd July 2025, unidentified persons [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":168135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[17898,17897,254,165],"class_list":["post-168136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-guyuk","tag-lamurde","tag-nigeria","tag-police"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police Act Aims to Curb Violence Amid Hoodlum Attacks - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Adamawa State Police Command is taking steps to curtail spread of violence after hoodlums torched thatched huts in commu ...\" \/>\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.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-act-aims-to-curb-violence-amid-hoodlum-attacks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police Act Aims to Curb Violence Amid Hoodlum Attacks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Adamawa State Police Command is taking steps to curtail spread of violence after hoodlums torched thatched huts in commu ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-act-aims-to-curb-violence-amid-hoodlum-attacks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-03T08:04:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-03T09:05:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1751521003.389059.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-act-aims-to-curb-violence-amid-hoodlum-attacks#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-act-aims-to-curb-violence-amid-hoodlum-attacks\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Police Act Aims to Curb Violence Amid Hoodlum Attacks\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-03T08:04:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-03T09:05:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-act-aims-to-curb-violence-amid-hoodlum-attacks\"},\"wordCount\":190,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-act-aims-to-curb-violence-amid-hoodlum-attacks#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1751521003.389059.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Guyuk\",\"Lamurde\",\"Nigeria\",\"Police\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-act-aims-to-curb-violence-amid-hoodlum-attacks#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-act-aims-to-curb-violence-amid-hoodlum-attacks\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-act-aims-to-curb-violence-amid-hoodlum-attacks\",\"name\":\"Police Act Aims to Curb Violence Amid Hoodlum Attacks - 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