{"id":81644,"date":"2026-01-14T22:55:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T22:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=81644"},"modified":"2026-01-14T22:55:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T22:55:34","slug":"arrest-of-students-demanding-safety-is-unacceptable-peter-obi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/01\/14\/arrest-of-students-demanding-safety-is-unacceptable-peter-obi\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrest of Students Demanding Safety Is Unacceptable -Peter Obi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata<\/p>\n<p>Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has condemned the arrest and remand of 52 students in Ekpoma, Edo State, describing it as unacceptable and a violation of citizens\u2019 right to demand security.<br \/>\nIn a statement posted on his X handle on Tuesday, Obi said the students were protesting rising cases of kidnapping and banditry in their community but were treated like criminals instead of being protected.<br \/>\nHe expressed concern that the students were allegedly arrested from their hostels at night, while those responsible for the insecurity remain at large.<br \/>\nObi said protests would continue as long as insecurity persists, urging authorities to engage the students through dialogue and take decisive steps to restore safety in affected communities.<br \/>\nHe called for the immediate and unconditional release of the students, stressing the need for responsible leadership in addressing the country\u2019s security challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has condemned the arrest and remand of 52 students in Ekpoma, Edo State, describing it as unacceptable and a violation of citizens\u2019 right to demand security. In a statement posted on his X handle on Tuesday, Obi said the students were protesting rising cases [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":81645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81644","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\/81644","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\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81644"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81646,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81644\/revisions\/81646"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}