{"id":87231,"date":"2021-09-28T09:43:34","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T08:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=87231"},"modified":"2021-09-28T09:43:34","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T08:43:34","slug":"breaking-gunmen-kidnap-air-vice-marshal-sikiru-smith-in-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/28\/breaking-gunmen-kidnap-air-vice-marshal-sikiru-smith-in-lagos\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Gunmen kidnap Air Vice Marshal Sikiru Smith in Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gunmen have abducted Air Vice Marshal Sikiru Smith (retd.), in the Ajah area of Lagos State.<\/p>\n<p>Smith is a cousin to a former Inspector-General of Police and current Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Musiliu Smith.<\/p>\n<p>It was learnt that the retired general, who is currently the Chairman of Double Wealth Ventures Limited \u2013 a dredging and engineering firm \u2013 was supervising work on a site in the Ajah area of Lagos State on Monday when masked gunmen invaded the place and shot sporadically.<\/p>\n<p>The gunmen were said to have whisked the retired general away in a waiting speedboat and sped away.<\/p>\n<p>According to an SOS voice note shared by his driver, Corporal Odiji, the retired AVM engaged in a struggle with the gunmen before he was subdued.<\/p>\n<p>Odiji stated, \u201cThis is an emergency. I am Corporal Odiji attached to Air Vice Marshal Smith. They just abducted him from the site where we were working. Some gunmen who were wearing masks just came and snatched my boss now. They shot everywhere. I was near where I was fixing my boss\u2019 vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I was coming, I saw them leaving in a boat but I wasn\u2019t armed so I just ran to the site and I saw his glasses and where he struggled with them. Please pass this information. It is an emergency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, Mr. Adekunle Ajisebutu, promised to make inquiries and give a detailed response in due course.<\/p>\n<p>The Spokesman for the Air Force, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, also promised to make inquiries and provide information on the matter later.<\/p>\n<p>AVM Smith was commissioned into the Nigerian Air Force as a Pilot Officer in 1979 and had a highly successful military officer that combined soldering with serious academic pursuit.<\/p>\n<p>He holds BSc, MSc, MBA and PhD degrees. He is an Alumnus of Harvard University and fellow of many professional bodies including the Institute of Management, Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Smith attended several military courses both locally and overseas which include flying and engineering. He was awarded numerous military decorations such as Distinguished Service Star, Pass Staff College (Dagger) and Fellow of the prestigious National Defence College.<\/p>\n<p>The notable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/24\/how-pantami-accepted-professorship-five-months-before-futo-offered-him-appointment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appointments<\/a> he held include Commanding Officer Air Engineering Wing, Sierra Leone\/Liberia; Commander, Nigerian Air Force Station, Calabar; Deputy Director, Air Engineering, Nigeria Air Force Headquarters, Abuja, Commander 333 Logistics Group, Kaduna, Commander, 401 Aircraft Maintenance Depot, Ikeja; Chief of Logistics, Nigerian Air Force Headquarters, Abuja and Chief of Defence Communications, Defence Headquarters, Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>He recently advocated for the use of drones in security surveillance and military offensives in the country to curb the use of military jets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gunmen have abducted Air Vice Marshal Sikiru Smith (retd.), in the Ajah area of Lagos State. Smith is a cousin to a former Inspector-General of Police and current Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Musiliu Smith. It was learnt that the retired general, who is currently the Chairman of Double Wealth Ventures Limited \u2013 a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":87240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3],"tags":[476,18774,18775,33,338],"class_list":["post-87231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","category-local","tag-abduction","tag-air-vice-marshal-sikiru-smith","tag-ajah","tag-gunmen","tag-lagos-state"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: Gunmen kidnap Air Vice Marshal Sikiru Smith in Lagos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gunmen have abducted Air Vice Marshal Sikiru Smith (retd.), in the Ajah area of Lagos State\" \/>\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.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/28\/breaking-gunmen-kidnap-air-vice-marshal-sikiru-smith-in-lagos\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING: Gunmen kidnap Air Vice Marshal Sikiru Smith in Lagos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gunmen have abducted Air Vice Marshal Sikiru Smith (retd.), in the Ajah area of Lagos State. Smith is a cousin to a former Inspector-General of Police and\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/28\/breaking-gunmen-kidnap-air-vice-marshal-sikiru-smith-in-lagos\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NEWS PICKS \u2014 WITHIN NIGERIA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-09-28T08:43:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/09\/adejayan_gbenga\/2021\/09\/28\/PhotoGrid_Plus_16328183760612.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"947\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"670\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adejayan Gbenga Gsong\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@withinnigeria\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@withinnigeria\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Adejayan Gbenga Gsong\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated 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\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/28\\\/breaking-gunmen-kidnap-air-vice-marshal-sikiru-smith-in-lagos\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/28\\\/breaking-gunmen-kidnap-air-vice-marshal-sikiru-smith-in-lagos\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Adejayan Gbenga Gsong\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/11ab87194f641326bf5479bd96864d73\"},\"headline\":\"BREAKING: Gunmen kidnap Air Vice Marshal Sikiru Smith in Lagos\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-28T08:43:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/28\\\/breaking-gunmen-kidnap-air-vice-marshal-sikiru-smith-in-lagos\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":446,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/28\\\/breaking-gunmen-kidnap-air-vice-marshal-sikiru-smith-in-lagos\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/adejayan_gbenga\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/28\\\/PhotoGrid_Plus_16328183760612.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Abduction\",\"Air Vice Marshal Sikiru Smith\",\"Ajah\",\"gunmen\",\"Lagos state\"],\"articleSection\":[\"BREAKING\",\"Local News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/28\\\/breaking-gunmen-kidnap-air-vice-marshal-sikiru-smith-in-lagos\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/28\\\/breaking-gunmen-kidnap-air-vice-marshal-sikiru-smith-in-lagos\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/28\\\/breaking-gunmen-kidnap-air-vice-marshal-sikiru-smith-in-lagos\\\/\",\"name\":\"BREAKING: Gunmen kidnap Air Vice Marshal Sikiru Smith in Lagos\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/28\\\/breaking-gunmen-kidnap-air-vice-marshal-sikiru-smith-in-lagos\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/28\\\/breaking-gunmen-kidnap-air-vice-marshal-sikiru-smith-in-lagos\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/adejayan_gbenga\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/28\\\/PhotoGrid_Plus_16328183760612.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-28T08:43:34+00:00\",\"description\":\"Gunmen have abducted Air Vice Marshal Sikiru Smith (retd.), in the Ajah area of Lagos State\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/28\\\/breaking-gunmen-kidnap-air-vice-marshal-sikiru-smith-in-lagos\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/28\\\/breaking-gunmen-kidnap-air-vice-marshal-sikiru-smith-in-lagos\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/28\\\/breaking-gunmen-kidnap-air-vice-marshal-sikiru-smith-in-lagos\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/adejayan_gbenga\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/28\\\/PhotoGrid_Plus_16328183760612.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/adejayan_gbenga\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/28\\\/PhotoGrid_Plus_16328183760612.jpg\",\"width\":947,\"height\":670},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/28\\\/breaking-gunmen-kidnap-air-vice-marshal-sikiru-smith-in-lagos\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"BREAKING: Gunmen kidnap Air Vice Marshal Sikiru Smith in Lagos\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"NEWS\",\"description\":\"Latest &amp; Trending Nigeria News, Entertainment, Sports\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/Logo-dark-bg.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/Logo-dark-bg.png\",\"width\":750,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/facebook.com\\\/withinnigeria\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/withinnigeria\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/withinnigeria\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/withinnigeria\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCo0qw0SqhKNTsQQM48FpdTA\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/11ab87194f641326bf5479bd96864d73\",\"name\":\"Adejayan Gbenga Gsong\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2550bcb9e0a9edc282f2caeeec2c83111b44bb44e98f57fdd1ea8051f2223264?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2550bcb9e0a9edc282f2caeeec2c83111b44bb44e98f57fdd1ea8051f2223264?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2550bcb9e0a9edc282f2caeeec2c83111b44bb44e98f57fdd1ea8051f2223264?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Adejayan Gbenga Gsong\"},\"description\":\"Adejayan is an award-winning Journalist and Opinion writer with varied experience in Nigeria. Mail me at AdejayanOluwagbenga@withinnigeria.com. See full profile on Within Nigeria's TEAM PAGE\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/adejayan_gbenga\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"BREAKING: Gunmen kidnap Air Vice Marshal Sikiru Smith in Lagos","description":"Gunmen have abducted Air Vice Marshal Sikiru Smith (retd.), in the Ajah area of Lagos State","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/28\/breaking-gunmen-kidnap-air-vice-marshal-sikiru-smith-in-lagos\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"BREAKING: Gunmen kidnap Air Vice Marshal Sikiru Smith in Lagos","og_description":"Gunmen have abducted Air Vice Marshal Sikiru Smith (retd.), in the Ajah area of Lagos State. Smith is a cousin to a former Inspector-General of Police and","og_url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/28\/breaking-gunmen-kidnap-air-vice-marshal-sikiru-smith-in-lagos\/","og_site_name":"NEWS PICKS \u2014 WITHIN NIGERIA","article_publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria","article_published_time":"2021-09-28T08:43:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":947,"height":670,"url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/09\/adejayan_gbenga\/2021\/09\/28\/PhotoGrid_Plus_16328183760612.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Adejayan Gbenga Gsong","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@withinnigeria","twitter_site":"@withinnigeria","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Adejayan Gbenga Gsong","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/28\/breaking-gunmen-kidnap-air-vice-marshal-sikiru-smith-in-lagos\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/28\/breaking-gunmen-kidnap-air-vice-marshal-sikiru-smith-in-lagos\/"},"author":{"name":"Adejayan Gbenga Gsong","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/11ab87194f641326bf5479bd96864d73"},"headline":"BREAKING: Gunmen kidnap Air Vice Marshal Sikiru Smith in Lagos","datePublished":"2021-09-28T08:43:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/28\/breaking-gunmen-kidnap-air-vice-marshal-sikiru-smith-in-lagos\/"},"wordCount":446,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/28\/breaking-gunmen-kidnap-air-vice-marshal-sikiru-smith-in-lagos\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/09\/adejayan_gbenga\/2021\/09\/28\/PhotoGrid_Plus_16328183760612.jpg","keywords":["Abduction","Air Vice Marshal Sikiru Smith","Ajah","gunmen","Lagos state"],"articleSection":["BREAKING","Local News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/28\/breaking-gunmen-kidnap-air-vice-marshal-sikiru-smith-in-lagos\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/28\/breaking-gunmen-kidnap-air-vice-marshal-sikiru-smith-in-lagos\/","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/28\/breaking-gunmen-kidnap-air-vice-marshal-sikiru-smith-in-lagos\/","name":"BREAKING: Gunmen kidnap Air Vice Marshal Sikiru Smith in Lagos","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/28\/breaking-gunmen-kidnap-air-vice-marshal-sikiru-smith-in-lagos\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/28\/breaking-gunmen-kidnap-air-vice-marshal-sikiru-smith-in-lagos\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/09\/adejayan_gbenga\/2021\/09\/28\/PhotoGrid_Plus_16328183760612.jpg","datePublished":"2021-09-28T08:43:34+00:00","description":"Gunmen have abducted Air Vice Marshal Sikiru Smith (retd.), in the Ajah area of Lagos State","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/28\/breaking-gunmen-kidnap-air-vice-marshal-sikiru-smith-in-lagos\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/28\/breaking-gunmen-kidnap-air-vice-marshal-sikiru-smith-in-lagos\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/28\/breaking-gunmen-kidnap-air-vice-marshal-sikiru-smith-in-lagos\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/09\/adejayan_gbenga\/2021\/09\/28\/PhotoGrid_Plus_16328183760612.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/09\/adejayan_gbenga\/2021\/09\/28\/PhotoGrid_Plus_16328183760612.jpg","width":947,"height":670},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/28\/breaking-gunmen-kidnap-air-vice-marshal-sikiru-smith-in-lagos\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"BREAKING: Gunmen kidnap Air Vice Marshal Sikiru Smith in Lagos"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/","name":"NEWS","description":"Latest &amp; Trending Nigeria News, Entertainment, Sports","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization","name":"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/Logo-dark-bg.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/Logo-dark-bg.png","width":750,"height":500,"caption":"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria","https:\/\/x.com\/withinnigeria","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/withinnigeria\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/withinnigeria\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCo0qw0SqhKNTsQQM48FpdTA"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/11ab87194f641326bf5479bd96864d73","name":"Adejayan Gbenga Gsong","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2550bcb9e0a9edc282f2caeeec2c83111b44bb44e98f57fdd1ea8051f2223264?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2550bcb9e0a9edc282f2caeeec2c83111b44bb44e98f57fdd1ea8051f2223264?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2550bcb9e0a9edc282f2caeeec2c83111b44bb44e98f57fdd1ea8051f2223264?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Adejayan Gbenga Gsong"},"description":"Adejayan is an award-winning Journalist and Opinion writer with varied experience in Nigeria. Mail me at AdejayanOluwagbenga@withinnigeria.com. See full profile on Within Nigeria's TEAM PAGE","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/author\/adejayan_gbenga\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}