{"id":69482,"date":"2025-07-02T10:50:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T10:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=69482"},"modified":"2025-07-02T10:50:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T10:50:27","slug":"anambra-govt-condemns-ogboji-killings-vows-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/02\/anambra-govt-condemns-ogboji-killings-vows-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Anambra Govt Condemns Ogboji Killings, Vows Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Anambra State Government has strongly condemned the killing of 13 persons in Ogboji community, Orumba South Local Government Area, vowing to ensure justice for the victims.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued on Wednesday, the state\u2019s Commissioner for Information, Dr. Law Mefor, described the attack as a \u201cdastardly act,\u201d and extended the government\u2019s condolences to the families of the deceased.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Anambra State Government is deeply saddened by the recent killing of innocent lives at Ogboji.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We strongly condemn this act in the strongest possible terms and assure the victims\u2019 families of our commitment to justice,\u201d Mefor said.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that preliminary investigations suggest the violence may have stemmed from an internal dispute, and clarified that it was not targeted at any specific ethnic group or state.<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitnesses said gunmen stormed the area in two SUVs during a monthly meeting on Monday, opened fire, and fled after causing mayhem.<\/p>\n<p>Mefor emphasized the government&#8217;s expectation that the police will carry out a thorough investigation and ensure the perpetrators are brought to book.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe urge all residents to remain calm and cooperate with security agencies. The state government is committed to doing everything humanly possible to ensure peace, security, and justice,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata &nbsp; The Anambra State Government has strongly condemned the killing of 13 persons in Ogboji community, Orumba South Local Government Area, vowing to ensure justice for the victims. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the state\u2019s Commissioner for Information, Dr. Law Mefor, described the attack as a \u201cdastardly act,\u201d and extended [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":69483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181,1724],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-insecurity"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69482"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69484,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69482\/revisions\/69484"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}