{"id":99967,"date":"2022-10-04T19:46:27","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T18:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=99967"},"modified":"2022-10-04T19:46:27","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T18:46:27","slug":"ikonne-emenike-otti-nwafor32-others-make-inec-gov-running-mates-list-in-abia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ikonne-emenike-otti-nwafor32-others-make-inec-gov-running-mates-list-in-abia\/","title":{"rendered":"Ikonne, Emenike, Otti, Nwafor,32 others make INEC Gov, running mates&#8217; list in Abia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) in Abia State, Prof. Uche Ikonne; and his running mate, Hon. 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Obinna Ichita; the Labour Party governorship candidate, Dr Alex Otti; and his running mate, Emetu Lekwachi.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Also in the list also are the governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Bishop Sunday Onuoha and his running mate, Ngozi Nwasimuo.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The list further showed that only four females made the list of deputy governorship candidates while the others are males.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) in Abia State, Prof. Uche Ikonne; and his running mate, Hon. 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