{"id":23771,"date":"2019-03-07T16:41:19","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T16:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=23771"},"modified":"2019-03-07T16:41:19","modified_gmt":"2019-03-07T16:41:19","slug":"ihedioha-tipped-to-win-imo-guber-odds-favour-ex-lawmaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=23771","title":{"rendered":"Ihedioha\u00a0Tipped\u00a0To\u00a0Win\u00a0Imo\u00a0Guber .\u00a0Odds\u00a0Favour\u00a0Ex-\u00a0Lawmaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"yiv7469124295yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1551881763785_88668\"><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?attachment_id=23774\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-23774\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23774\" src=\"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ihediohamma.jpg\" alt=\"ihediohamma\" width=\"704\" height=\"704\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ihediohamma.jpg 704w, 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id=\"yiv7469124295yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1551881763785_88693\">It\u00a0was\u00a0learnt\u00a0that\u00a0apart\u00a0from\u00a0the\u00a0fact\u00a0that\u00a0Ihedioha\u00a0is\u00a0the\u00a0most\u00a0prominent\u00a0and\u00a0popular\u00a0among\u00a0the\u00a0other\u00a0candidates,\u00a0his\u00a0party\u00a0PDP\u00a0and\u00a0Owerri\u00a0zone\u00a0where\u00a0he\u00a0comes\u00a0from\u00a0endeared\u00a0him\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0heart\u00a0of\u00a0Imo\u00a0populace,\u00a0who\u00a0see\u00a0the\u00a0Eight\u00a0years\u00a0of\u00a0APC\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0State\u00a0as\u00a0a\u00a0costly\u00a0experiment\u00a0which\u00a0Imo\u00a0people\u00a0would\u00a0not\u00a0want\u00a0to\u00a0encounter\u00a0again.<\/span><span id=\"yiv7469124295yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1551881763785_88694\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv7469124295yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1551881763785_88696\"><span 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