{"id":21399,"date":"2020-02-13T17:28:50","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T17:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=21399"},"modified":"2020-02-13T17:28:50","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T17:28:50","slug":"imo-house-of-assembly-bans-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/imo-house-of-assembly-bans-protests","title":{"rendered":"Imo House of Assembly bans protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Imo State House of Assembly has banned any form of protest in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmakers said protests have become dangerous events and are exposing people of the state to danger.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmakers also issued a strong warning to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, asking the opposition party to stop crying wolf over the ruling of the Supreme Court that sacked Emeka Ihedioha as the governor.<\/p>\n<p>They further passed a vote of confidence in Uzodinma and the apex court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Imo State House of Assembly has banned any form of protest in the state. 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