{"id":2878,"date":"2023-10-04T06:13:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T06:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=2878"},"modified":"2023-10-04T06:13:33","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T06:13:33","slug":"just-in-apc-suspends-kogi-governorship-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2023\/10\/04\/just-in-apc-suspends-kogi-governorship-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"JUST IN: APC Suspends Kogi Governorship Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The All Progressives Congress (APC) has temporarily suspended its campaign operations for the upcoming Kogi Governorship Election planned for November 11 in response to a terrible tragedy. This decision was made in memory of Ms. Khadijat Yahaya, a loyal party member who was killed in an attack by suspected thugs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The announcement of the campaign suspension was conveyed by Mr. Kingsley Fanwo, the spokesperson for the State Campaign Council, in a statement issued on Tuesday. The party&#8217;s decision underscores the deep sense of loss and mourning within the APC community.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The unfortunate incident that led to Khadijat&#8217;s passing occurred during a clash between supporters of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and those of the APC in Kotonkarfe on September 29. The loss of a party member in such circumstances has left a profound impact on the APC and its campaign activities in the state.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a gesture of condolence and solidarity, the APC governorship candidate for Kogi State, Alhaji Usman Ododo, visited the family of the deceased in Kotonkarfe on Tuesday. His presence aimed to offer heartfelt sympathy and support to the bereaved family during this difficult time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The All Progressives Congress (APC) has temporarily suspended its campaign operations for the upcoming Kogi Governorship Election planned for November 11 in response to a terrible tragedy. This decision was made in memory of Ms. Khadijat Yahaya, a loyal party member who was killed in an attack by suspected thugs. &nbsp; The announcement of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-2878","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\/2878","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2878"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2880,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2878\/revisions\/2880"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}