{"id":36187,"date":"2020-10-20T13:59:06","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T13:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=36187"},"modified":"2020-10-20T13:59:14","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T13:59:14","slug":"lagos-declares-24-hour-curfew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=36187","title":{"rendered":"Lagos declares 24-hour curfew"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Babajide-Sanwo-Olu...jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Citing spike in violence, the Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday afternoon declared a 24-hour curfew in the state, starting by 4pm today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He made this known via his verified twitter handle @jidesanwoolu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDear Lagosians<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI have watched with shock how what began as a peaceful\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/hoodlums-attack-endsars-protesters-set-cars-ablaze-in-abuja\/\">#EndSARS protest<\/a>\u00a0has degenerated into a monster that is threatening the well-being of our society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLives and limbs have been lost as criminals and miscreants are now hiding under the umbrella of these protests to unleash mayhem on our state. As a government that is alive to its responsibility and has shown a commitment to the movement #ENDSARS, we will not watch and allow anarchy in our dear state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The governor stressed that nobody must be found on the streets except essential services providers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI, therefore, hereby impose a 24-hour curfew on all parts of the State as from 4pm today, 20th October,2020. Nobody, except essential service providers and first responders must be found on the streets.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citing spike in violence, the Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday afternoon declared a 24-hour curfew in the state, starting by 4pm today. He made this known via his verified twitter handle @jidesanwoolu \u201cDear Lagosians \u201cI have watched with shock how what began as a peaceful\u00a0#EndSARS protest\u00a0has degenerated into a monster that is threatening [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lagos declares 24-hour curfew &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=36187\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Odofin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=36187#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Protests\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=54\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Lagos declares 24-hour curfew\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lagos declares 24-hour curfew &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=36187","author":"Odofin","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=36187#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Protests","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=54"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Lagos declares 24-hour curfew"}]}]}},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Odofin","author_link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?author=2"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=54\" rel=\"category\">Protests<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Citing spike in violence, the Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday afternoon declared a 24-hour curfew in the state, starting by 4pm today. 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