{"id":159696,"date":"2025-04-16T22:50:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T21:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/again-women-protest-in-rivers-demand-end-to-emergency-rule-sack-of-cp"},"modified":"2025-04-16T23:56:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T22:56:30","slug":"again-women-protest-in-rivers-demand-end-to-emergency-rule-sack-of-cp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/again-women-protest-in-rivers-demand-end-to-emergency-rule-sack-of-cp","title":{"rendered":"Again women protest in Rivers, demand end to emergency rule, sack of CP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A group of women have again staged a protest in Port Harcourt, calling for an immediate end to what they described as \u2018illegal state of emergency\u2019 in Rivers State.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters are demanding the removal of the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Olugbenga Adepoju; the urgent and total end of the emergency rule in the state; the full restoration of democratic institutions; and the reinstatement of the duly elected Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and his Deputy, Ngozi Odu.<\/p>\n<p>They also called for the redeployment of military personnel to regions of the country where they are truly needed, areas where citizens are being killed and communities devastated by terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday\u2019s protest marks the fourth demonstration in the state involving women from both pro-Fubara and pro-Wike factions.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, protests were stage in two different locations in the state.<\/p>\n<p>While one group protested against the emergency rule, the other protested in support of the state of emergency while backing the sole administrator.<\/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. A group of women have again staged a protest in Port Harcourt, calling for an immediate end to what they described as \u2018illegal state of emergency\u2019 in Rivers State. 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