{"id":18454,"date":"2018-04-19T16:45:50","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T16:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=18454"},"modified":"2018-04-19T16:45:50","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T16:45:50","slug":"tears-in-owerri-as-govt-forces-traders-to-close-shops-on-ama-jk-douglas-tetlow-roads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=18454","title":{"rendered":"Tears in Owerri as Govt Forces Traders To Close Shops on Ama JK, Douglas, Tetlow Roads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?attachment_id=18458\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18458\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18458\" src=\"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/ekeukwu-owerri-1.jpg\" alt=\"ekeukwu owerri\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/ekeukwu-owerri-1.jpg 960w, 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with his own keys and his aides and thugs from Ohaji were busy destroying people\u2019s goods without mercy.<\/p>\n<p>The demolition has made Imolites to shed tears and become in state of confusion since Monday the exercise started in the Owerri Municipality.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onyinyechi Amakaulo The Owerri Municipality has been thrown into uncontrollable tears as the Government<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frontpage"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tears in Owerri as Govt Forces Traders To Close Shops on Ama JK, Douglas, Tetlow Roads -<\/title>\n<meta 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