{"id":76868,"date":"2025-10-18T04:39:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T04:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=76868"},"modified":"2025-10-18T04:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T04:39:08","slug":"u-s-embassy-warns-americans-ahead-of-freennamdikanunow-protest-in-abuja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/10\/18\/u-s-embassy-warns-americans-ahead-of-freennamdikanunow-protest-in-abuja\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Embassy Warns Americans Ahead of #FreeNnamdiKanuNow Protest in Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Embassy in Abuja has issued a security alert warning American citizens to avoid certain areas of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Monday, October 20, due to a planned protest demanding the release of IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu.<\/p>\n<p>The demonstration, organized by activist Omoyele Sowore, is expected to draw large crowds to Eagle Square and the Central Business District, with plans to march toward the Aso Rock Presidential Villa.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Friday, the Embassy cautioned that the protest could cause traffic disruptions, roadblocks, and possible clashes between security operatives and protesters.<\/p>\n<p>Americans were advised to limit movement, avoid large gatherings, and stay alert throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p>Sowore had described the march, tagged #FreeNnamdiKanuNow, as a peaceful campaign to demand Kanu\u2019s release.<\/p>\n<p>The IPOB leader has been in detention since June 2021, facing terrorism-related charges at the Federal High Court, Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>The Embassy urged U.S. nationals to monitor local news, maintain a low profile, and keep communication devices charged in case of emergency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata The U.S. Embassy in Abuja has issued a security alert warning American citizens to avoid certain areas of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Monday, October 20, due to a planned protest demanding the release of IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu. The demonstration, organized by activist Omoyele Sowore, is expected to draw [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":76869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-76868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76868","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\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76868"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76870,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76868\/revisions\/76870"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}