{"id":194152,"date":"2026-02-09T14:04:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T13:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/sit-at-home-cancellation-reclaims-south-east-from-criminals"},"modified":"2026-02-09T15:06:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T14:06:58","slug":"sit-at-home-cancellation-reclaims-south-east-from-criminals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sit-at-home-cancellation-reclaims-south-east-from-criminals","title":{"rendered":"Sit-at-Home Cancellation Reclaims South-East from Criminals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Joe Igbokwe, has said the South-East will never again suffer criminality following the cancellation of the Monday sit-at-home in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Igbokwe said the South-East is being taken back from criminals.<\/p>\n<p>Posting on Facebook, he wrote: \u201cAll things considered we have gradually taken back South-East. Never again will Igboland suffer this level of criminalities in the 21st century.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur education is not for fancy. It is not for nothing. It is for the good of the commonwealth. Never again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe foolish adults in Onitsha and IPOB fraudsters who organized young people to be shouting \u201cSoludo show me the law\u201d have have gone into oblivion and buried their faces in shame. We are our own enemies &amp; will receive sense las las.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This comes after the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, cancelled the Monday sit-at-home order.<\/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 chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Joe Igbokwe, has said the South-East will never again suffer criminality following the cancellation of the Monday sit-at-home in the region. Igbokwe said the South-East is being taken back from criminals. 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