{"id":22195,"date":"2020-06-22T14:45:52","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T14:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=22195"},"modified":"2020-06-22T14:45:52","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T14:45:52","slug":"as-expected-ize-iyamu-wins-edo-apc-governorship-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=22195","title":{"rendered":"As expected, Ize-Iyamu wins Edo APC governorship primary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ize-Iyamu.jpg\" alt=\"EDO 2020: Why we want Obaseki out \u2014Ize-Iyamu\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Pastor&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/defection-ize-iyamu-wants-obaseki-others-quarantined\/\">Osagie Ize-Iyamu<\/a>&nbsp;has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election held in Edo State Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was announced by the APC Primary Election Committee chairman and Imo State governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Uzodinma, who declared this in Benin, the Edo State capital, said the exercise was a formality in accordance with the guidelines of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/tag\/INEC\/\">Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)<\/a>&nbsp;because the other aspirants stepped down before the polls started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recall that there had been reports that Ize-Iyamu had been picked as a consensus candidate, after he joined the party, ostensibly backed by Adams Oshiomhe, suspended national chairman of the party, and a former governor in the state,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pastor&nbsp;Osagie Ize-Iyamu&nbsp;has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election held in Edo State Monday. This was announced by the APC Primary Election Committee chairman and Imo State governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma. Uzodinma, who declared this in Benin, the Edo State capital, said the exercise was a formality in accordance with the guidelines of the&nbsp;Independent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>As expected, Ize-Iyamu wins Edo APC governorship primary &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=22195\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Odofin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=22195#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Politics\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=10\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"As expected, Ize-Iyamu wins Edo APC governorship primary\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"As expected, Ize-Iyamu wins Edo APC governorship primary &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=22195","author":"Odofin","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=22195#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Politics","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=10"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"As expected, Ize-Iyamu wins Edo APC governorship primary"}]}]}},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Odofin","author_link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?author=2"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=10\" rel=\"category\">Politics<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Pastor&nbsp;Osagie Ize-Iyamu&nbsp;has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election held in Edo State Monday. 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