{"id":281290,"date":"2023-07-26T22:16:36","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T21:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=281290"},"modified":"2023-07-26T22:20:01","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T21:20:01","slug":"ekpa-writes-eu-us-seeks-visa-ban-on-gov-mbah-over-human-rights-abuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/07\/26\/ekpa-writes-eu-us-seeks-visa-ban-on-gov-mbah-over-human-rights-abuses\/","title":{"rendered":"Ekpa writes EU, US, seeks visa ban on Gov Mbah over human rights abuses"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Ekpa accuses Enugu government of confiscating property and arresting Igbos without constitutional basis<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><strong>Ekpa serves as the Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government and is based in Finland<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Simon Ekpa, a prominent Biafra agitator and separatist, has sent letters to the European Union and the United States of America, alleging human rights abuses by Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In his letter, Ekpa, who is a lawyer based in Finland and serves as the Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government, expressed his concern about the killing of three individuals during a protest by traders whose shops were sealed by the state <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/07\/24\/fg-to-fine-pos-agents-n10m-over-service-charge-increment\/\">government<\/a> for not operating on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ekpa urged the EU and the US to impose a visa ban on Governor Mbah as a response to his alleged violations of the fundamental human rights of citizens. He informed the international community that the Enugu government had seized property and arrested Igbos in the state without adhering to the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He wrote, \u201cWe wish to bring to your notice the gross violation and fundamental human rights abuses of the people of Enugu State, Biafra (in Southeast Nigeria) by Peter Mbah, the governor of Enugu State.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cPeter Mbah is confiscating and locking up people\u2019s businesses and means of sustenance without recourse to the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria or any chatter, treaty or convention known anywhere in the civilized world, thereby denying the people of Enugu State the right to personal property and free enterprise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe request that you impose a visa ban on Governor Peter Mbah and add him to the list of terrorists and haters of freedom and democracy in Nigeria,\u201d the letter reads.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ekpa accuses Enugu government of confiscating property and arresting Igbos without constitutional basis Ekpa serves as the Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government and is based in Finland Simon Ekpa, a prominent Biafra agitator and separatist, has sent letters to the European Union and the United States of America, alleging human rights abuses by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":56962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"2","single_blog_custom":"211693","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"0","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"0","show_prev_next_post":"0","show_popup_post":"0","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":{"override_bookmark_button":"0","override_show_bookmark_button":"0"},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[774,2622,12959,183,1524],"class_list":["post-281290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-biafra","tag-eu","tag-simon-ekpa","tag-uk","tag-us"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ekpa writes EU, US, seeks visa ban on Gov Mbah over human rights abuses<\/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:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/07\/26\/ekpa-writes-eu-us-seeks-visa-ban-on-gov-mbah-over-human-rights-abuses\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ekpa writes EU, US, seeks visa ban on Gov Mbah over human rights abuses\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ekpa accuses Enugu government of confiscating property and arresting Igbos without constitutional basis Ekpa serves as the Prime Minister of the Biafra\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/07\/26\/ekpa-writes-eu-us-seeks-visa-ban-on-gov-mbah-over-human-rights-abuses\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NEWS PICKS \u2014 WITHIN NIGERIA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-26T21:16:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-26T21:20:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/kunlenet07\/2021\/07\/11\/Simon-Ekpa-2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Promise Eze\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@withinnigeria\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@withinnigeria\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Promise Eze\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/26\\\/ekpa-writes-eu-us-seeks-visa-ban-on-gov-mbah-over-human-rights-abuses\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/26\\\/ekpa-writes-eu-us-seeks-visa-ban-on-gov-mbah-over-human-rights-abuses\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Promise Eze\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6ae9ba7d6b1b9700d8bebde6440184e7\"},\"headline\":\"Ekpa writes EU, US, seeks visa ban on Gov Mbah over human rights abuses\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-26T21:16:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-26T21:20:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/26\\\/ekpa-writes-eu-us-seeks-visa-ban-on-gov-mbah-over-human-rights-abuses\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":302,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/26\\\/ekpa-writes-eu-us-seeks-visa-ban-on-gov-mbah-over-human-rights-abuses\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/kunlenet07\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/11\\\/Simon-Ekpa-2.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Biafra\",\"EU\",\"Simon Ekpa\",\"UK\",\"US\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Local News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/26\\\/ekpa-writes-eu-us-seeks-visa-ban-on-gov-mbah-over-human-rights-abuses\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/26\\\/ekpa-writes-eu-us-seeks-visa-ban-on-gov-mbah-over-human-rights-abuses\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/26\\\/ekpa-writes-eu-us-seeks-visa-ban-on-gov-mbah-over-human-rights-abuses\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ekpa writes EU, US, seeks visa ban on Gov Mbah over human rights abuses\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/26\\\/ekpa-writes-eu-us-seeks-visa-ban-on-gov-mbah-over-human-rights-abuses\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/26\\\/ekpa-writes-eu-us-seeks-visa-ban-on-gov-mbah-over-human-rights-abuses\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/kunlenet07\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/11\\\/Simon-Ekpa-2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-26T21:16:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-26T21:20:01+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/26\\\/ekpa-writes-eu-us-seeks-visa-ban-on-gov-mbah-over-human-rights-abuses\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/26\\\/ekpa-writes-eu-us-seeks-visa-ban-on-gov-mbah-over-human-rights-abuses\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/26\\\/ekpa-writes-eu-us-seeks-visa-ban-on-gov-mbah-over-human-rights-abuses\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/kunlenet07\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/11\\\/Simon-Ekpa-2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/kunlenet07\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/11\\\/Simon-Ekpa-2.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"simon ekpa\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/26\\\/ekpa-writes-eu-us-seeks-visa-ban-on-gov-mbah-over-human-rights-abuses\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ekpa writes EU, US, seeks visa ban on Gov Mbah over human rights abuses\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"NEWS\",\"description\":\"Latest &amp; Trending Nigeria News, Entertainment, Sports\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/Logo-dark-bg.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/Logo-dark-bg.png\",\"width\":750,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/facebook.com\\\/withinnigeria\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/withinnigeria\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/withinnigeria\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/withinnigeria\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCo0qw0SqhKNTsQQM48FpdTA\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6ae9ba7d6b1b9700d8bebde6440184e7\",\"name\":\"Promise Eze\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6ede11fc9314daafd3ec84631ea0d715e68dbcbc7634e4bc514067d4cefccbe9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6ede11fc9314daafd3ec84631ea0d715e68dbcbc7634e4bc514067d4cefccbe9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6ede11fc9314daafd3ec84631ea0d715e68dbcbc7634e4bc514067d4cefccbe9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Promise Eze\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/promiseeze\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ekpa writes EU, US, seeks visa ban on Gov Mbah over human rights abuses","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:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/07\/26\/ekpa-writes-eu-us-seeks-visa-ban-on-gov-mbah-over-human-rights-abuses\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ekpa writes EU, US, seeks visa ban on Gov Mbah over human rights abuses","og_description":"Ekpa accuses Enugu government of confiscating property and arresting Igbos without constitutional basis Ekpa serves as the Prime Minister of the Biafra","og_url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/07\/26\/ekpa-writes-eu-us-seeks-visa-ban-on-gov-mbah-over-human-rights-abuses\/","og_site_name":"NEWS PICKS \u2014 WITHIN NIGERIA","article_publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria","article_published_time":"2023-07-26T21:16:36+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-07-26T21:20:01+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/kunlenet07\/2021\/07\/11\/Simon-Ekpa-2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Promise Eze","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@withinnigeria","twitter_site":"@withinnigeria","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Promise Eze","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/07\/26\/ekpa-writes-eu-us-seeks-visa-ban-on-gov-mbah-over-human-rights-abuses\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/07\/26\/ekpa-writes-eu-us-seeks-visa-ban-on-gov-mbah-over-human-rights-abuses\/"},"author":{"name":"Promise Eze","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/6ae9ba7d6b1b9700d8bebde6440184e7"},"headline":"Ekpa writes EU, US, seeks visa ban on Gov Mbah over human rights abuses","datePublished":"2023-07-26T21:16:36+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-26T21:20:01+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/07\/26\/ekpa-writes-eu-us-seeks-visa-ban-on-gov-mbah-over-human-rights-abuses\/"},"wordCount":302,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/07\/26\/ekpa-writes-eu-us-seeks-visa-ban-on-gov-mbah-over-human-rights-abuses\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/kunlenet07\/2021\/07\/11\/Simon-Ekpa-2.jpg","keywords":["Biafra","EU","Simon Ekpa","UK","US"],"articleSection":["Local News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/07\/26\/ekpa-writes-eu-us-seeks-visa-ban-on-gov-mbah-over-human-rights-abuses\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/07\/26\/ekpa-writes-eu-us-seeks-visa-ban-on-gov-mbah-over-human-rights-abuses\/","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/07\/26\/ekpa-writes-eu-us-seeks-visa-ban-on-gov-mbah-over-human-rights-abuses\/","name":"Ekpa writes EU, US, seeks visa ban on Gov Mbah over human rights abuses","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/07\/26\/ekpa-writes-eu-us-seeks-visa-ban-on-gov-mbah-over-human-rights-abuses\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/07\/26\/ekpa-writes-eu-us-seeks-visa-ban-on-gov-mbah-over-human-rights-abuses\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/kunlenet07\/2021\/07\/11\/Simon-Ekpa-2.jpg","datePublished":"2023-07-26T21:16:36+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-26T21:20:01+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/07\/26\/ekpa-writes-eu-us-seeks-visa-ban-on-gov-mbah-over-human-rights-abuses\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/07\/26\/ekpa-writes-eu-us-seeks-visa-ban-on-gov-mbah-over-human-rights-abuses\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/07\/26\/ekpa-writes-eu-us-seeks-visa-ban-on-gov-mbah-over-human-rights-abuses\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/kunlenet07\/2021\/07\/11\/Simon-Ekpa-2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/kunlenet07\/2021\/07\/11\/Simon-Ekpa-2.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"simon ekpa"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/07\/26\/ekpa-writes-eu-us-seeks-visa-ban-on-gov-mbah-over-human-rights-abuses\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ekpa writes EU, US, seeks visa ban on Gov Mbah over human rights abuses"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/","name":"NEWS","description":"Latest &amp; Trending Nigeria News, Entertainment, Sports","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization","name":"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/Logo-dark-bg.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/Logo-dark-bg.png","width":750,"height":500,"caption":"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria","https:\/\/x.com\/withinnigeria","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/withinnigeria\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/withinnigeria\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCo0qw0SqhKNTsQQM48FpdTA"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/6ae9ba7d6b1b9700d8bebde6440184e7","name":"Promise Eze","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6ede11fc9314daafd3ec84631ea0d715e68dbcbc7634e4bc514067d4cefccbe9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6ede11fc9314daafd3ec84631ea0d715e68dbcbc7634e4bc514067d4cefccbe9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6ede11fc9314daafd3ec84631ea0d715e68dbcbc7634e4bc514067d4cefccbe9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Promise Eze"},"url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/author\/promiseeze\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}