{"id":76797,"date":"2025-10-16T18:50:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T18:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=76797"},"modified":"2025-10-16T18:50:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T18:50:03","slug":"nans-denies-involvement-in-freennamdikanu-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/10\/16\/nans-denies-involvement-in-freennamdikanu-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"NANS Denies Involvement in #FreeNnamdiKanu Protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has distanced itself from the planned #FreeNnamdiKanu protest slated for October 20, cautioning students not to be misled by politically motivated groups.<\/p>\n<p>At a press briefing in Ibadan, NANS President, Olushola Oladoja, dismissed reports linking the association to activist Omoyele Sowore and his allies, calling them \u201cfalse and mischievous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cNANS is not, and will not be, part of any protest influenced by Sowore or any political group.<\/p>\n<p>The matter of Nnamdi Kanu is before a competent court, and protests over a judicial process are inappropriate and unlawful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Oladoja warned students against being used for partisan agendas and urged parents to caution their wards.<\/p>\n<p>He also appealed to security agencies to ignore any claims associating NANS with the protest.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the ongoing ASUU-Federal Government standoff, Oladoja urged both sides to resume dialogue within 72 hours to prevent further disruption of academic activities.<\/p>\n<p>He reaffirmed NANS\u2019 unity and focus on education, peace, and national development, stressing that the association \u201cwill not be dragged into political controversies.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata &nbsp; The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has distanced itself from the planned #FreeNnamdiKanu protest slated for October 20, cautioning students not to be misled by politically motivated groups. At a press briefing in Ibadan, NANS President, Olushola Oladoja, dismissed reports linking the association to activist Omoyele Sowore and his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":76798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76797","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=76797"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76799,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76797\/revisions\/76799"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}