{"id":86381,"date":"2023-04-17T12:05:04","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T11:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/were-asiwajus-boys-come-home-to-where-you-belong-smart-adeyemi-tells-abati"},"modified":"2023-04-17T13:33:47","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T12:33:47","slug":"were-asiwajus-boys-come-home-to-where-you-belong-smart-adeyemi-tells-abati","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/were-asiwajus-boys-come-home-to-where-you-belong-smart-adeyemi-tells-abati","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019re Asiwaju\u2019s boys, come home to where you belong \u2013 Smart Adeyemi tells Abati"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Senator Smart Adeyemi representing Kogi West Senatorial District has appealed to a famous Nigerian journalist, Reuben Abati, to come back to the All Progressives Congress, APC.<\/p>\n<p>Adeyemi made the appeal on Monday while fielding questions about the outcome of Kogi State APC gubernatorial primaries on Arise Television\u2019s Morning Show program.<\/p>\n<p>The Kogi senator said he and Abati were Asiwaju\u2019s boys, referring to the president-elect, Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReuben you know you have been very hard on our party, you been very hard on APC. You know you and I were Asiwaju\u2019s boys. Reuben you better come back to APC where you belong. Reuben come back home,\u201d Adeyemi said.<\/p>\n<p>He had earlier, during the program, denounced the party gubernatorial primaries in the State, alleging that no voting took place.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Senator Smart Adeyemi representing Kogi West Senatorial District has appealed to a famous Nigerian journalist, Reuben Abati, to come back to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Adeyemi made the appeal on Monday while fielding questions about the outcome of Kogi State APC gubernatorial primaries on Arise Television\u2019s Morning Show program. 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