{"id":30579,"date":"2014-08-26T16:49:43","date_gmt":"2014-08-26T15:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=30579"},"modified":"2014-08-26T18:01:37","modified_gmt":"2014-08-26T17:01:37","slug":"ikimi-dumps-apc-may-head-pdp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/uncategorized\/ikimi-dumps-apc-may-head-pdp\/","title":{"rendered":"Ikimi Dumps APC, May Head To PDP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former National chairmanship aspirant of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Chief Tom Ikimi, has announced his withdrawal from the party.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It is not immediately known what Political Party the former foreign Affairs Minister would be heading to. 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