{"id":22484,"date":"2024-03-11T19:35:50","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T19:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onecitizendaily.com\/?p=22484"},"modified":"2024-03-11T19:35:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T19:35:50","slug":"lobong-despises-controversial-comedians-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/11\/lobong-despises-controversial-comedians-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Lobong despises controversial Comedian&#8217;s Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Ijoo Bosco<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Eastern Equatoria State has described a comedy video titled &#8220;Gospel of the Truth&#8221; by comedian Feel Free allegedly targeting Governor Louis Lobong Lojore, as false.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>In a video posted on social media platforms, Comedian Feel Free claimed Lobong was exploiting the state&#8217;s gold resources with several companies in Greater Kapoeta. He claimed Lobong allegedly pockets the money without accountability.<\/p>\n<p>He also raised concerns about Lobong&#8217;s long tenure in office, a position he held since 2010 election, questioning why the governor has not been replaced.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Feel Free criticized the matter of badly maintained roads in Torit town, as well as the route connecting several counties including Lafon, Magwi, and Ikwoto counties.<\/p>\n<p>The latest edition of Mr. Feel Free&#8217;s publication has gained attention, with many claiming that the truth has been revealed by the comedian.<\/p>\n<p>In rebuttal, Oringa John Godfrey the press secretary for the governor, called the five-and-a-half-minute video &#8220;assassination of character&#8221; aimed at Governor Louis Lobong Lojore.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s politically motivated to tarnish the name of the leadership&#8221; Mr. Godfrey stated,<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that Governor Lojore was democratically elected in 2010 and has brought peace and stability to the state&#8217;s eight counties.<\/p>\n<p>Lojore\u2019s mouthpiece further claimed the governor has the capacity to perform his duty diligently and delivers services &#8220;without segregation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Warning to Comedian<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Godfrey warned Comedian Feel Free about targeting the governor&#8217;s leadership, reminding him that the governor was elected and not appointed.<\/p>\n<p>He urged the comedian to come out clearly with his concerns and avoid &#8220;social media propaganda.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Godfrey also appealed to Feel Free and others to engage in open dialogue with the state leadership.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Leaders are here to listen,&#8221; he stated, emphasizing the governor&#8217;s open-door policy.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Godfrey criticized the use of social media to spread negativity. He urged people to approach leaders directly instead of resorting to &#8220;causing violence on social media&#8221; and using &#8220;vulgar words.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lojore press secretary concluded by urging members of the public to use social media responsibly and avoid promoting violence or tribalism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ijoo Bosco &nbsp; Eastern Equatoria State has described a comedy video titled &#8220;Gospel of the Truth&#8221; by comedian Feel Free allegedly targeting Governor Louis Lobong Lojore, as false. In a video posted on social media platforms, Comedian Feel Free claimed Lobong was exploiting the state&#8217;s gold resources with several<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/11\/lobong-despises-controversial-comedians-video\/\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[113,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-easter-equatoria-state","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22484"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22485,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22484\/revisions\/22485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}