{"id":55976,"date":"2024-11-14T17:26:14","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T17:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=55976"},"modified":"2024-11-14T17:26:14","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T17:26:14","slug":"election-victory-okpebholo-recounts-scary-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/11\/14\/election-victory-okpebholo-recounts-scary-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"Election Victory: Okpebholo Recounts Scary Incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo revealed an unusual incident leading up to his election win on September 21.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a post-swearing-in thanksgiving service held at Dr. Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City, he shared that he found a dead bat on his bed just before being declared the winner.<\/p>\n<p>Edo Governor: &#8216;I found dead bat on my bed<\/p>\n<p>Okpebholo reflected on the election challenges, attributing his victory to divine intervention. \u201cI want to thank God. During the election, while I praised God, my traducers operated from platforms like Arise, Facebook, and Channels. But I knew the secret and took the battle to God,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>After the election, Okpebholo discovered the lifeless bat in his bedroom. \u201cI didn\u2019t shoot any arrow, but the spirit of God was there.<\/p>\n<p>The arrow of God; the hand of God delivered me,\u201d he expressed, emphasizing his faith.<\/p>\n<p>He also thanked religious leaders who supported him and advised others to \u201ctrust in God alone because he will do it for you.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo revealed an unusual incident leading up to his election win on September 21. Speaking at a post-swearing-in thanksgiving service held at Dr. Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City, he shared that he found a dead bat on his bed just before being declared the winner. Edo Governor: &#8216;I found dead [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":55617,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55976","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\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55976"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55983,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55976\/revisions\/55983"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}