{"id":20697,"date":"2024-02-23T12:11:51","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T12:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=20697"},"modified":"2024-02-23T12:38:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T12:38:45","slug":"just-in-okpebholo-emerges-apc-candidate-for-edo-gubernatorial-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/02\/23\/just-in-okpebholo-emerges-apc-candidate-for-edo-gubernatorial-election\/","title":{"rendered":"JUST IN: Okpebholo Emerges APC Candidate for Edo Gubernatorial Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Monday Okpebholo has secured the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidacy for the upcoming gubernatorial election in Edo State, slated for September 21st.<\/p>\n<p>Emerging victorious in the party&#8217;s primary election, Okpebholo garnered an impressive 12,433 votes across all 18 local government areas. His closest contender, Dennis Idahosa, trailed behind with 6,541 votes. There&#8217;s widespread speculation that the former governor, Adams Oshiomole, is backing Idahosa&#8217;s candidacy within the APC ranks.<\/p>\n<p>The success of Senator Okpebholo in clinching the APC ticket sets the stage for a spirited contest in the gubernatorial race. With the party&#8217;s backing, Okpebholo now faces the task of rallying support and crafting a compelling vision to resonate with voters across Edo State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Monday Okpebholo has secured the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidacy for the upcoming gubernatorial election in Edo State, slated for September 21st. Emerging victorious in the party&#8217;s primary election, Okpebholo garnered an impressive 12,433 votes across all 18 local government areas. His closest contender, Dennis Idahosa, trailed behind with 6,541 votes. There&#8217;s widespread speculation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":20698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-20697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20697","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20697"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20701,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20697\/revisions\/20701"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}