{"id":78063,"date":"2025-11-04T19:51:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T19:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=78063"},"modified":"2025-11-04T19:51:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T19:51:16","slug":"ex-jonathan-aide-hails-gov-diris-defection-to-apc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/11\/04\/ex-jonathan-aide-hails-gov-diris-defection-to-apc\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Jonathan Aide Hails Gov Diri\u2019s Defection to APC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Omoniyi David<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Waripamo-Owei Dudafa, has commended Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, for defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Tuesday, Dudafa described Diri\u2019s decision as \u201ca wise and strategic move\u201d that would align Bayelsa with the Federal Government for accelerated development and inclusion.<\/p>\n<p>He praised the governor\u2019s leadership style, noting that his inclusive and pragmatic approach has brought visible progress to the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour decision to work in synergy with President Bola Tinubu\u2019s Renewed Hope Agenda will advance development in Bayelsa and the Niger Delta,\u201d Dudafa said.<\/p>\n<p>The former presidential aide pledged continued loyalty and support for the governor, lauding his courage and foresight in repositioning Bayelsa for greater growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Omoniyi David &nbsp; A former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Waripamo-Owei Dudafa, has commended Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, for defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a statement on Tuesday, Dudafa described Diri\u2019s decision as \u201ca wise and strategic move\u201d that would align Bayelsa with the Federal Government for accelerated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":78064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78063","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\/78063","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=78063"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78065,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78063\/revisions\/78065"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}