{"id":31133,"date":"2020-10-14T17:24:36","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T17:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=31133"},"modified":"2020-10-14T17:24:36","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T17:24:36","slug":"protesters-block-kogi-govt-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/protesters-block-kogi-govt-house","title":{"rendered":"Protesters block Kogi govt house"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>Youths numbering over 1000 have barricaded the Kogi State Government House protesting against SARS brutality in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The youths who blocked the gate of government denied everyone, including security operatives, government officials, access into the complex.<\/p>\n<p>They are insisting that the disbandment of SARS by the Inspector General of Police Mohammed Adamu is not enough to stop their protest<\/p>\n<p>According to the protesters, there is a need for a total overhaul of the Nigeria Police force.<\/p>\n<p>They are asking to see the state governor, Yahaya Bello, despite an attempt by the governors Chief of Staff, Jamiu Asuku, State Security Adviser Air Commodore Jerry Omodara and other government officials to address them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: Youths numbering over 1000 have barricaded the Kogi State Government House protesting against SARS brutality in the state. The youths who blocked the gate of government denied everyone, including security operatives, government officials, access into the complex. They are insisting that the disbandment of SARS by the Inspector General of Police Mohammed Adamu [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":31135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-31133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-protest"],"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>Protesters block Kogi govt house - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Africa Press-Nigeria:Youths numbering over 1000 have barricaded the Kogi State Government House protesting against SARS brutality\" \/>\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\/all-news\/protesters-block-kogi-govt-house\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Protesters block Kogi govt house\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa Press-Nigeria:Youths numbering over 1000 have barricaded the Kogi State Government House protesting against SARS brutality\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/protesters-block-kogi-govt-house\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-10-14T17:24:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/IMG_20201014_133349_646-1536x1152-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1536\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1152\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/protesters-block-kogi-govt-house#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/protesters-block-kogi-govt-house\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alico\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"headline\":\"Protesters block Kogi govt house\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-14T17:24:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/protesters-block-kogi-govt-house\"},\"wordCount\":118,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/protesters-block-kogi-govt-house#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/IMG_20201014_133349_646-1536x1152-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Protest\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/protesters-block-kogi-govt-house#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/protesters-block-kogi-govt-house\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/protesters-block-kogi-govt-house\",\"name\":\"Protesters block Kogi govt house - 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