{"id":1816,"date":"2026-07-16T01:05:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T00:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/?p=1816"},"modified":"2026-07-16T01:16:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T00:16:45","slug":"police-report-on-security-during-the-oriah-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/?p=1816","title":{"rendered":"Police Report on Security During the Oriah Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By<\/strong> <strong>Friday Chidinma<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to information obtained from a police officer who would like to remain anonymous, the Oriah Festival was generally peaceful despite a number of robbery incidents recorded during the celebration. The police disclosed that robberies occurred around the area where televisions, LG appliances, plasma televisions, and other electronic items are sold. They also noted that some roads within the area were blocked during the festivities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To prevent a breakdown of law and order, the police contacted the Chief Security Officer (CSO), members of the security team, and other prominent members of the community. They stressed that the Abraka festival should not be associated with any criminal activity or violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The police further stated that at about 10:00 a.m. on the day of the festival, they visited the palace and met with the<br>Regent, the priest, the king, and the Chief Security Officer (CSO). During the meeting, the police urged all those<br>present to ensure that no one attacked or assaulted anyone during the celebration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the police, they were informed the following day that one person had died during the festival as a result of reckless driving. The police clarified that the death was not linked to robbery or any violent incident associated with the festival. Although rumours circulated that two people had died, the police maintained that only one death was officially reported and recorded. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Friday Chidinma According to information obtained from a police officer who would like to remain anonymous, the Oriah Festival was generally peaceful despite a number of robbery incidents recorded during the celebration. The police disclosed that robberies occurred around the area where televisions, LG appliances, plasma televisions, and other electronic items are sold. They [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"iawp_total_views":9,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,14],"tags":[31,229,381],"class_list":["post-1816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abrakametro","category-trendingnews","tag-abraka","tag-culture","tag-festivals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1816"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1820,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1816\/revisions\/1820"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}