{"id":2116,"date":"2018-09-11T18:03:37","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T18:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madhousereport.com\/?p=2116"},"modified":"2018-09-11T18:03:37","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T18:03:37","slug":"jide-sanwo-olu-joins-lagos-apc-governorship-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=2116","title":{"rendered":"Jide Sanwo-Olu Joins Lagos APC Governorship Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Lagos Commissioner, Jide Sanwo-Olu, has joined the governorship race in Lagos State on the platform of the All Progressives Congress.<\/p>\n<p>He reportedly picked up his form on Monday, just hours after the incumbent governor, Akinwunmi Ambode picked up his at the APC headquarters in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>Credible sources informed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecable.ng\/ambode-faces-impeachment-over-second-term-bid\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>TheCable<\/em><\/a>\u00a0that there is a threat to impeach Ambode if he does not drop his second term bid.<\/p>\n<p>Over 50 council chairmen loyal to APC National leader, Bola Tinubu, have met and already pledged their support for Sanwo-Olu, who is believed to be Tinubu\u2019s preferred choice, according to APC insiders.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Dele Momodu shared a video of\u00a0 Mandate Movement, a\u00a0support group in the Lagos APC, declaring their\u00a0support for Sanwo-Olu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Lagos Commissioner, Jide Sanwo-Olu, has joined the governorship race in Lagos State on the platform of the All Progressives Congress. He reportedly picked up his form on Monday, just hours after the incumbent governor, Akinwunmi Ambode picked up his at the APC headquarters in Abuja. Credible sources informed\u00a0TheCable\u00a0that there is a threat to impeach [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[111,1539,1538,138],"class_list":["post-2116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-apc","tag-governorship-race","tag-jide-sanwo-olu","tag-lagos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2116"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2118,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116\/revisions\/2118"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}