{"id":77692,"date":"2025-10-29T14:33:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T14:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=77692"},"modified":"2025-10-29T14:33:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T14:33:40","slug":"aac-candidate-ifemeludike-challenges-patriarchy-sparks-online-reactions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/10\/29\/aac-candidate-ifemeludike-challenges-patriarchy-sparks-online-reactions\/","title":{"rendered":"AAC Candidate Ifemeludike Challenges Patriarchy, Sparks Online Reactions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Sarah Sam Adda<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>African Action Congress (AAC), candidate for the November 8 Anambra governorship election, Chioma Ifemeludike, has generated online buzz with campaign messages promoting inclusive governance and challenging patriarchy in politics.<\/p>\n<p>In an X post on Tuesday, she wrote: \u201cI am the flag bearer of the African Action Congress, and I\u2019m proud to say that I\u2019m the best candidate in the November 8 Anambra gubernatorial election. The lighthouse is about to be lit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her post quickly went viral, drawing mixed reactions, while some dismissed her as unserious, others praised her courage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have my vote,\u201d one user commented, while another said critics of her femininity were reinforcing patriarchy.<\/p>\n<p>In a follow-up video, Ifemeludike urged voters to \u201cignore distractions,\u201d saying, \u201cWe can have beauty and brains in one body. Ndi Anambra must vote for social change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also condemned stereotypes undermining women\u2019s leadership, adding, \u201cIn Anambra, many still believe a woman who squats to urinate cannot govern. That shows how strong patriarchy still is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ifemeludike stressed that her campaign is driven not by gender, but by competence, integrity, and development for a new Anambra.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sarah Sam Adda &nbsp; African Action Congress (AAC), candidate for the November 8 Anambra governorship election, Chioma Ifemeludike, has generated online buzz with campaign messages promoting inclusive governance and challenging patriarchy in politics. In an X post on Tuesday, she wrote: \u201cI am the flag bearer of the African Action Congress, and I\u2019m proud [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":77696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77692","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\/77692","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77692"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77697,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77692\/revisions\/77697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}