{"id":72248,"date":"2025-08-06T07:39:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T07:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=72248"},"modified":"2025-08-06T07:39:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T07:39:50","slug":"akeredolus-widow-endorses-peter-obi-hails-one-term-pledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/06\/akeredolus-widow-endorses-peter-obi-hails-one-term-pledge\/","title":{"rendered":"Akeredolu\u2019s Widow Endorses Peter Obi, Hails One-Term Pledge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onilede Titi Faith<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Betty Anyanwu\u2011Akeredolu, widow of the late Ondo State governor Rotimi Akeredolu, has endorsed Labour Party\u2019s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on August 4, 2025, she described Obi as \u201cprincipled and frugal,\u201d applauding his pledge to serve only one term if elected.<\/p>\n<p>She likened him to Singapore\u2019s Lee Kuan Yew, commending his vision for long-term national transformation over prolonged political power.<\/p>\n<p>The former First Lady expressed confidence that Obi\u2019s focused leadership could lay a solid foundation for Nigeria\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p>Her endorsement has stirred mixed reactions, with supporters praising her for backing reform-oriented leadership, while critics questioned her motives, citing her past ties to the ruling APC.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Akeredolu\u2019s support adds a notable voice from within Nigeria\u2019s political elite to Obi\u2019s 2027 campaign momentum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onilede Titi Faith Betty Anyanwu\u2011Akeredolu, widow of the late Ondo State governor Rotimi Akeredolu, has endorsed Labour Party\u2019s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi. In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on August 4, 2025, she described Obi as \u201cprincipled and frugal,\u201d applauding his pledge to serve only one term if elected. She likened him [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":72249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72248","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=72248"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72250,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72248\/revisions\/72250"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}