{"id":63630,"date":"2025-04-01T14:22:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T14:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=63630"},"modified":"2025-04-01T14:22:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T14:22:06","slug":"natasha-defies-security-ban-vows-to-visit-kogi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/04\/01\/natasha-defies-security-ban-vows-to-visit-kogi\/","title":{"rendered":"Natasha Defies Security Ban, Vows to Visit Kogi\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Patrick Idowu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has vowed to proceed with her visit to Kogi Central for the Eid-el-Fitr celebrations, despite security restrictions imposed by the state government.<\/p>\n<p>Dismissing speculation about a cancellation, the senator\u2019s media aide, Israel Arogbonlo, clarified on Tuesday that no such decision had been made.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite rumours circulating online, there has been no official announcement from our office regarding the cancellation of this visit,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Akpoti-Uduaghan reaffirmed her commitment to engaging with her constituents, stressing that her connection with the people of Kogi Central remains unshaken.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer dedication to the people of Kogi Central is unwavering, and she looks forward to celebrating Eid-el-Fitr with her constituents,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>The senator\u2019s insistence on visiting comes amid rising tensions following the killing of two people in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The incident, reportedly linked to fishing activities, has heightened security concerns in surrounding communities.<\/p>\n<p>With uncertainty surrounding the state government\u2019s measures, all eyes are now on Kogi Central to see whether Akpoti-Uduaghan will defy the restrictions and go ahead with her planned visit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Idowu Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has vowed to proceed with her visit to Kogi Central for the Eid-el-Fitr celebrations, despite security restrictions imposed by the state government. Dismissing speculation about a cancellation, the senator\u2019s media aide, Israel Arogbonlo, clarified on Tuesday that no such decision had been made. \u201cDespite rumours circulating online, there has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":63631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-63630","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\/63630","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\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63630"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63632,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63630\/revisions\/63632"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}