{"id":132662,"date":"2024-09-30T14:29:07","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T13:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/independence-day-celebration-police-beef-up-security-in-imo-over-alleged-ipob-threat"},"modified":"2024-09-30T15:34:03","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T14:34:03","slug":"independence-day-celebration-police-beef-up-security-in-imo-over-alleged-ipob-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/independence-day-celebration-police-beef-up-security-in-imo-over-alleged-ipob-threat","title":{"rendered":"Independence Day celebration: Police beef up security in Imo over alleged IPOB threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>In response to an alleged plot by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to disrupt the 2024 Independence Day celebration, the Commissioner of Police in Imo State, CP Aboki Danjuma, has, in collaboration with sister security agencies, positioned security personnel at strategic points across the 27 LGAs in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Spokesperson of the Imo State Police Command ASP Henry Okoye in a statement on Monday disclosed that the joint security operation is aimed at ensuring safe and peaceful Independence Day celebration throughout the state and to curtail any social unrest that may arise during and after the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs part of this strategy, joint patrols and confidence-building measures are actively underway. These operations are designed to deter criminal activities and reassure citizens that they can go about their daily lives without fear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn response to recent threats from the proscribed IPOB\/ESN militia group, the Police Command has established robust security measures to address any potential risks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCitizens are encouraged to remain vigilant and report any suspicious activities to the nearest Police Station or via 0803 477 3600, reinforcing our shared commitment to community safety,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. In response to an alleged plot by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to disrupt the 2024 Independence Day celebration, the Commissioner of Police in Imo State, CP Aboki Danjuma, has, in collaboration with sister security agencies, positioned security personnel at strategic points across the 27 LGAs in the state. Spokesperson of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":132661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,28,14,2660],"tags":[11320,199,254,165],"class_list":["post-132662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-to-homepage","tag-independence-day-celebration","tag-ipob","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>Independence Day celebration: Police beef up security in Imo over alleged IPOB threat - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In response to an alleged plot by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to disrupt the 2024 Independence Day celebratio ...\" \/>\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\/independence-day-celebration-police-beef-up-security-in-imo-over-alleged-ipob-threat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Independence Day celebration: Police beef up security in Imo over alleged IPOB threat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In response to an alleged plot by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to disrupt the 2024 Independence Day celebratio ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/independence-day-celebration-police-beef-up-security-in-imo-over-alleged-ipob-threat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-09-30T13:29:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-30T14:34:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/sm_1727694220.932062.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"821\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"614\" \/>\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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\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\/independence-day-celebration-police-beef-up-security-in-imo-over-alleged-ipob-threat#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/independence-day-celebration-police-beef-up-security-in-imo-over-alleged-ipob-threat\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Independence Day celebration: Police beef up security in Imo over alleged IPOB threat\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-30T13:29:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-30T14:34:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/independence-day-celebration-police-beef-up-security-in-imo-over-alleged-ipob-threat\"},\"wordCount\":208,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/independence-day-celebration-police-beef-up-security-in-imo-over-alleged-ipob-threat#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/sm_1727694220.932062.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Independence Day Celebration\",\"IPOB\",\"Nigeria\",\"Police\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/independence-day-celebration-police-beef-up-security-in-imo-over-alleged-ipob-threat#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/independence-day-celebration-police-beef-up-security-in-imo-over-alleged-ipob-threat\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/independence-day-celebration-police-beef-up-security-in-imo-over-alleged-ipob-threat\",\"name\":\"Independence Day celebration: Police beef up security in Imo over alleged IPOB threat - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/independence-day-celebration-police-beef-up-security-in-imo-over-alleged-ipob-threat#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/independence-day-celebration-police-beef-up-security-in-imo-over-alleged-ipob-threat#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/sm_1727694220.932062.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-30T13:29:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-30T14:34:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"In response to an alleged plot by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to disrupt the 2024 Independence Day celebratio ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/independence-day-celebration-police-beef-up-security-in-imo-over-alleged-ipob-threat#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/independence-day-celebration-police-beef-up-security-in-imo-over-alleged-ipob-threat\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/independence-day-celebration-police-beef-up-security-in-imo-over-alleged-ipob-threat#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/sm_1727694220.932062.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/sm_1727694220.932062.jpg\",\"width\":821,\"height\":614,\"caption\":\"Independence Day celebration: Police beef up security in Imo over alleged IPOB threat\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/independence-day-celebration-police-beef-up-security-in-imo-over-alleged-ipob-threat#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Independence Day celebration: Police beef up security in Imo over alleged IPOB threat\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Independence Day celebration: Police beef up security in Imo over alleged IPOB threat - Nigeria","description":"In response to an alleged plot by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to disrupt the 2024 Independence Day celebratio ...","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.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/independence-day-celebration-police-beef-up-security-in-imo-over-alleged-ipob-threat","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Independence Day celebration: Police beef up security in Imo over alleged IPOB threat","og_description":"In response to an alleged plot by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to disrupt the 2024 Independence Day celebratio ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/independence-day-celebration-police-beef-up-security-in-imo-over-alleged-ipob-threat","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2024-09-30T13:29:07+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-09-30T14:34:03+00:00","og_image":[{"width":821,"height":614,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/sm_1727694220.932062.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/independence-day-celebration-police-beef-up-security-in-imo-over-alleged-ipob-threat#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/independence-day-celebration-police-beef-up-security-in-imo-over-alleged-ipob-threat"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Independence Day celebration: Police beef up security in Imo over alleged IPOB threat","datePublished":"2024-09-30T13:29:07+00:00","dateModified":"2024-09-30T14:34:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/independence-day-celebration-police-beef-up-security-in-imo-over-alleged-ipob-threat"},"wordCount":208,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/independence-day-celebration-police-beef-up-security-in-imo-over-alleged-ipob-threat#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/sm_1727694220.932062.jpg","keywords":["Independence Day Celebration","IPOB","Nigeria","Police"],"articleSection":["all news","head lines","homepage-english","Policy","to-homepage"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/independence-day-celebration-police-beef-up-security-in-imo-over-alleged-ipob-threat#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/independence-day-celebration-police-beef-up-security-in-imo-over-alleged-ipob-threat","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/independence-day-celebration-police-beef-up-security-in-imo-over-alleged-ipob-threat","name":"Independence Day celebration: Police beef up security in Imo over alleged IPOB threat - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/independence-day-celebration-police-beef-up-security-in-imo-over-alleged-ipob-threat#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/independence-day-celebration-police-beef-up-security-in-imo-over-alleged-ipob-threat#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/sm_1727694220.932062.jpg","datePublished":"2024-09-30T13:29:07+00:00","dateModified":"2024-09-30T14:34:03+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"In response to an alleged plot by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to disrupt the 2024 Independence Day celebratio ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/independence-day-celebration-police-beef-up-security-in-imo-over-alleged-ipob-threat#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/independence-day-celebration-police-beef-up-security-in-imo-over-alleged-ipob-threat"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/independence-day-celebration-police-beef-up-security-in-imo-over-alleged-ipob-threat#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/sm_1727694220.932062.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/sm_1727694220.932062.jpg","width":821,"height":614,"caption":"Independence Day celebration: Police beef up security in Imo over alleged IPOB threat"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/independence-day-celebration-police-beef-up-security-in-imo-over-alleged-ipob-threat#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Independence Day celebration: Police beef up security in Imo over alleged IPOB threat"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}