{"id":81309,"date":"2026-01-08T13:05:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T13:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=81309"},"modified":"2026-01-08T13:05:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T13:05:07","slug":"sanwo-olu-abiodun-dismiss-rift-rumours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/01\/08\/sanwo-olu-abiodun-dismiss-rift-rumours\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanwo-Olu, Abiodun Dismiss Rift Rumours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Anifowoshe Oladipupo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Lagos State Government has dismissed reports of a political rift between Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his Ogun State counterpart, Governor Dapo Abiodun, describing them as false and misleading.<br \/>\nIn a statement on Thursday, the Governor\u2019s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Gboyega Akosile, said claims of discord between the two governors were entirely baseless.<br \/>\nAkosile stressed that Sanwo-Olu and Abiodun maintain a cordial and brotherly relationship, adding that both leaders are in constant communication and regularly consult on issues affecting their neighbouring states.<br \/>\nHe noted that their cooperation is strengthened by shared boundaries and deep socio-cultural ties, which require close collaboration on regional development.<br \/>\nThe Lagos State Government also warned against the spread of fake news, reaffirming that both governors remain committed to a common vision for progress and development in their states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Anifowoshe Oladipupo The Lagos State Government has dismissed reports of a political rift between Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his Ogun State counterpart, Governor Dapo Abiodun, describing them as false and misleading. In a statement on Thursday, the Governor\u2019s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Gboyega Akosile, said claims of discord between the two governors [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":81310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81309","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\/81309","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=81309"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81311,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81309\/revisions\/81311"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}