{"id":14883,"date":"2023-02-18T21:35:44","date_gmt":"2023-02-18T21:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=14883"},"modified":"2023-02-18T22:06:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T22:06:53","slug":"sit-at-home-orders-south-east-traditional-rulers-calls-on-residents-to-ignore-orders-vote-massively","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=14883","title":{"rendered":"Sit-at-home orders: South East traditional rulers calls on residents to ignore orders, vote massively"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Sit-at-home orders: South East traditional rulers calls on residents to ignore orders, vote massively<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The South-East Council of Traditional Rulers has urged its subjects and all residents of the South-East to ignore any sit-at-home order and massively go out to vote for their preferred candidates.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">This is stated in a communiqu\u00e9 issued on Friday at the end of the first 2023 Executive Committee Meeting of the South-East Council of Traditional Rulers, SECTR, at the Old Eastern Nigeria House of Chiefs, Enugu.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The communiqu\u00e9 said that the meeting deliberated on the role of traditional institution in ensuring peace and security in South-East, particularly in the run up to the General Elections and took a number of decisions.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cFirst, the Royal Fathers called on the people of the South-East to go out en masse to vote for their preferred candidates during the elections and to ignore any order for sit-at-home.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cSecond, the Council appealed to the security agencies to create a conducive and safe environment for the General Elections; while calling on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to act professionally and patriotically.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThird, the killings and destruction of property in South Eastern Region and across the country are condemned in strong terms by the Council.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cFourth, the Council called on all Traditional Rulers to take control of their various domains during the upcoming elections for peaceful, free and credible elections to take place,\u201d it said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The communiqu\u00e9 was signed by Igwe Lawrence Agubuzu, chairman, South-East Council of Traditional Rulers and Chairman of Enugu State Council of Traditional Rulers as well as Igwe Alfred Achebe, the Obi of Onitsha and Chairman of Anambra State Council of Traditional Rulers.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It was also signed by Eze Joseph Nwabeke, the Ezeamara of Eziama Ntigha, and chairman, Abia State Council of Traditional Rulers.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The meeting was attended by the royal fathers and other members of the executive committee of the council.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">NAN<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sit-at-home orders: South East traditional rulers calls on residents to ignore orders, vote massively The South-East Council of Traditional Rulers has urged its subjects and all residents of the South-East to ignore any sit-at-home order and massively go out to vote for their preferred candidates. 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