{"id":82361,"date":"2026-02-01T15:50:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T15:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=82361"},"modified":"2026-02-01T15:50:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T15:50:52","slug":"igbokwe-blames-ipob-for-prolonged-bloodshed-in-south-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/02\/01\/igbokwe-blames-ipob-for-prolonged-bloodshed-in-south-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Igbokwe Blames IPOB for Prolonged Bloodshed in South-East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Olokuta Rofiat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Joe Igbokwe, has described the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a criminal organisation, blaming it for years of bloodshed and insecurity in Nigeria\u2019s South-East.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Friday, Igbokwe alleged that IPOB-linked violence has led to the deaths of thousands, devastated communities and disrupted livelihoods across the region. He said sit-at-home orders and attacks on civilians and security personnel have crippled economic activities and deepened hardship.<\/p>\n<p>He accused the group\u2019s leadership of misleading youths and pushing them into violence, arguing that such actions contradict claims of acting in the interest of the Igbo people.<\/p>\n<p>IPOB, which has been proscribed by the Federal Government, has repeatedly denied involvement in violent attacks, attributing them to criminal elements unaffiliated with the group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Olokuta Rofiat A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Joe Igbokwe, has described the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a criminal organisation, blaming it for years of bloodshed and insecurity in Nigeria\u2019s South-East. In a statement on Friday, Igbokwe alleged that IPOB-linked violence has led to the deaths of thousands, devastated communities [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":82362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82361","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\/82361","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=82361"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82363,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82361\/revisions\/82363"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}