{"id":55017,"date":"2021-12-09T20:49:54","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T19:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=55017"},"modified":"2021-12-09T18:33:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T17:33:09","slug":"nigerian-govt-killing-imo-youths-for-driving-flashy-cars-ipob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-govt-killing-imo-youths-for-driving-flashy-cars-ipob","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian govt killing Imo youths for driving flashy cars \u2013 IPOB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Thursday, lamented the alleged killing of youths in the southeast, especially in Imo State.<\/p>\n<p>It petitioned international organizations and human rights groups to join in the protest against the alleged genocide in the region.<\/p>\n<p>IPOB made this known in a statement signed by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Mr. Emma Powerful, and made available to journalists in Abakaliki, capital of Ebonyi State.<\/p>\n<p>It alleged that the killings of youths in the region, especially in Imo State, has forced traditional rulers, elders and religious leaders to go into hiding to avert attacks.<\/p>\n<p>The statement reads in part: \u201cThere is ongoing secret genocide of our innocent youths for committing no crime other than going on flashy cars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe condemn the numerous deaths going on especially this festive period in Imo State. The elders, religious leaders and traditional rulers in the region must ask the perpetrators what the youths of our region committed against them that warranted these killings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe traditional rulers, elders and religious leaders have suddenly gone into hiding in Imo State. Imo youths have suffered in their hands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe world should take note of these atrocities going on in Imo State and call the perpetrators to order. APC party and the Nigerian government should allow Imo State youths to go around their lawful businesses this festive season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmnesty International and other reputable human rights organisations should be aware of the evil perpetrated by Nigeria Government against Imo citizens this time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are just killing innocent people in the name of looking for ESN operatives. The gruesome killings going on now in Imo State are condemnable and unheard of.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy can\u2019t they take those they arrest to their station for interrogation instead of killing them extra-judicially. Key questions to ask: Were these youths arrested with arms? Were they violent? Where on earth is it a crime to ride a flashy car?<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Thursday, lamented the alleged killing of youths in the southeast, especially in Imo State. It petitioned international organizations and human rights groups to join in the protest against the alleged genocide in the region. IPOB made this known in a statement signed by its Media [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":55016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,28,14,26],"tags":[1570,2140,1018,199,254],"class_list":["post-55017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-imo","tag-ipob","tag-nigeria"],"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>Nigerian govt killing Imo youths for driving flashy cars \u2013 IPOB - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Thursday, lamented the alleged killing of youths in the southeast, especially ...\" \/>\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\/nigerian-govt-killing-imo-youths-for-driving-flashy-cars-ipob\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nigerian govt killing Imo youths for driving flashy cars \u2013 IPOB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Thursday, lamented the alleged killing of youths in the southeast, especially ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-govt-killing-imo-youths-for-driving-flashy-cars-ipob\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-12-09T19:49:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/img-61b23db4c9729.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\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\/nigerian-govt-killing-imo-youths-for-driving-flashy-cars-ipob#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-govt-killing-imo-youths-for-driving-flashy-cars-ipob\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Nigerian govt killing Imo youths for driving flashy cars \u2013 IPOB\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-09T19:49:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-govt-killing-imo-youths-for-driving-flashy-cars-ipob\"},\"wordCount\":340,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-govt-killing-imo-youths-for-driving-flashy-cars-ipob#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/img-61b23db4c9729.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Imo\",\"IPOB\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-govt-killing-imo-youths-for-driving-flashy-cars-ipob#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-govt-killing-imo-youths-for-driving-flashy-cars-ipob\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-govt-killing-imo-youths-for-driving-flashy-cars-ipob\",\"name\":\"Nigerian govt killing Imo youths for driving flashy cars \u2013 IPOB - 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