{"id":10570,"date":"2026-01-26T18:28:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T18:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/?p=10570"},"modified":"2026-01-26T18:28:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T18:28:15","slug":"rivers-police-begins-investigation-on-attempted-attack-on-ogoni-monarch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/2026\/01\/26\/rivers-police-begins-investigation-on-attempted-attack-on-ogoni-monarch\/","title":{"rendered":"Rivers police begins investigation  on attempted attack on Ogoni monarch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Magnus Chukwudi, Port Harcourt<\/p>\n<p>The Rivers State Police Command has commenced investigation into an attack involving a traditional ruler in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State.<\/p>\n<p>According to press statement, signed by the Police Public Relations Officer PPRO, Chief Supretendent of Police CSP and made available to newsmen, on Sunday, January 25, 2026, at about 5:30pm, His Royal Majesty, King T.Y. Baridam, the Paramount Ruler of Bangha Community, reported at the Police Station that, while returning from Okwale Community where he had attended a meeting, his vehicle came under attack by unknown gunmen.<\/p>\n<p>According to his report, &#8220;upon reaching Tekar Sogho Road leading to the East\u2013West Road in Khana LGA, the hoodlums emerged from the bush and opened fire on his vehicle, a black Prado Jeep. The gunshots shattered the windscreen and other parts of the vehicle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During the attack, the monarch s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Magnus Chukwudi, Port Harcourt The Rivers State Police Command has commenced investigation into an attack involving a traditional ruler in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State. According to press statement, signed by the Police Public Relations Officer PPRO, Chief Supretendent of Police CSP and made available to newsmen, on Sunday, January 25, 2026, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[5996,350],"class_list":["post-10570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-law-crime","tag-investigation-involving","tag-traditional"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10570"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10571,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10570\/revisions\/10571"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}