{"id":63600,"date":"2020-02-26T11:53:26","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T11:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.140.144.153\/2020\/02\/26\/why-i-visited-buhari-hope-uzodinma\/"},"modified":"2020-02-26T11:53:26","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T11:53:26","slug":"why-i-visited-buhari-hope-uzodinma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/why-i-visited-buhari-hope-uzodinma\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I visited Buhari &#8211; Hope Uzodinma"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dailymotion-responsive-container\" style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%;\"><div class=\"dailymotion-player\"><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/x1ee8e.js\" data-video=\"x7s8zbm\"><\/script><\/div><br><br><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imo State governor, Hope Uzodinma, on Thursday met with President Muhammadu Buhari, seeking his intervention in the refund of over N32 billion his predecessors spent on federal roads in the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_gam_disable_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1529,1076],"tags":[9975,17714,1941],"class_list":["post-63600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-news","tag-hope-uzodinma","tag-imo-state-governor","tag-muhammadu-buhari","post_format-post-format-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why I visited Buhari - Hope Uzodinma - GuardianTV<\/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:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/why-i-visited-buhari-hope-uzodinma\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why I visited Buhari - Hope Uzodinma - GuardianTV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Imo State governor, Hope Uzodinma, on Thursday met with President Muhammadu Buhari, seeking his intervention in the refund of over N32 billion his predecessors spent on federal roads in the state.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/why-i-visited-buhari-hope-uzodinma\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"GuardianTV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-02-26T11:53:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/tv.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/Why-I-visited-Buhari-Hope-Uzodinma.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Abiodun Ogundairo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Abiodun Ogundairo\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/why-i-visited-buhari-hope-uzodinma\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/why-i-visited-buhari-hope-uzodinma\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Abiodun Ogundairo\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1\"},\"headline\":\"Why I visited Buhari &#8211; Hope Uzodinma\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-26T11:53:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/why-i-visited-buhari-hope-uzodinma\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":14,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/why-i-visited-buhari-hope-uzodinma\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/Why-I-visited-Buhari-Hope-Uzodinma.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Hope Uzodinma\",\"Imo State Governor\",\"Muhammadu Buhari\"],\"articleSection\":[\"National\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/why-i-visited-buhari-hope-uzodinma\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/why-i-visited-buhari-hope-uzodinma\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/why-i-visited-buhari-hope-uzodinma\\\/\",\"name\":\"Why I visited Buhari - Hope Uzodinma - GuardianTV\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/why-i-visited-buhari-hope-uzodinma\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/why-i-visited-buhari-hope-uzodinma\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/Why-I-visited-Buhari-Hope-Uzodinma.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-26T11:53:26+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/why-i-visited-buhari-hope-uzodinma\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/why-i-visited-buhari-hope-uzodinma\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/why-i-visited-buhari-hope-uzodinma\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/Why-I-visited-Buhari-Hope-Uzodinma.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/Why-I-visited-Buhari-Hope-Uzodinma.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/why-i-visited-buhari-hope-uzodinma\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Why I visited Buhari &#8211; Hope Uzodinma\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/\",\"name\":\"GuardianTV\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"GuardianTV\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"GuardianTV\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1\",\"name\":\"Abiodun Ogundairo\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/author\\\/abiodun\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Why I visited Buhari - Hope Uzodinma - GuardianTV","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:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/why-i-visited-buhari-hope-uzodinma\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Why I visited Buhari - Hope Uzodinma - GuardianTV","og_description":"Imo State governor, Hope Uzodinma, on Thursday met with President Muhammadu Buhari, seeking his intervention in the refund of over N32 billion his predecessors spent on federal roads in the state.","og_url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/why-i-visited-buhari-hope-uzodinma\/","og_site_name":"GuardianTV","article_published_time":"2020-02-26T11:53:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/tv.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/Why-I-visited-Buhari-Hope-Uzodinma.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Abiodun Ogundairo","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Abiodun Ogundairo"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/why-i-visited-buhari-hope-uzodinma\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/why-i-visited-buhari-hope-uzodinma\/"},"author":{"name":"Abiodun Ogundairo","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/person\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1"},"headline":"Why I visited Buhari &#8211; Hope Uzodinma","datePublished":"2020-02-26T11:53:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/why-i-visited-buhari-hope-uzodinma\/"},"wordCount":14,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/why-i-visited-buhari-hope-uzodinma\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/Why-I-visited-Buhari-Hope-Uzodinma.jpg","keywords":["Hope Uzodinma","Imo State Governor","Muhammadu Buhari"],"articleSection":["National","News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/why-i-visited-buhari-hope-uzodinma\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/why-i-visited-buhari-hope-uzodinma\/","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/why-i-visited-buhari-hope-uzodinma\/","name":"Why I visited Buhari - Hope Uzodinma - GuardianTV","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/why-i-visited-buhari-hope-uzodinma\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/why-i-visited-buhari-hope-uzodinma\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/Why-I-visited-Buhari-Hope-Uzodinma.jpg","datePublished":"2020-02-26T11:53:26+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/why-i-visited-buhari-hope-uzodinma\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/why-i-visited-buhari-hope-uzodinma\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/why-i-visited-buhari-hope-uzodinma\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/Why-I-visited-Buhari-Hope-Uzodinma.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/Why-I-visited-Buhari-Hope-Uzodinma.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/why-i-visited-buhari-hope-uzodinma\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Why I visited Buhari &#8211; Hope Uzodinma"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#website","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/","name":"GuardianTV","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#organization","name":"GuardianTV","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2026\/09\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2026\/09\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png","width":600,"height":96,"caption":"GuardianTV"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/person\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1","name":"Abiodun Ogundairo","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/author\/abiodun\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}