{"id":49501,"date":"2026-11-05T17:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T15:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/?p=49501"},"modified":"2026-11-05T17:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T15:20:10","slug":"governor-lobong-warns-splm-aspirants-no-premature-campaigns-heavily-armed-bodyguards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/05\/governor-lobong-warns-splm-aspirants-no-premature-campaigns-heavily-armed-bodyguards\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Lobong warns SPLM aspirants: No premature campaigns, heavily armed bodyguards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>By Ijoo Bosco<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Eastern Equatoria State Caretaker Governor Louis Lobong Lojore has issued a stern warning to aspiring political candidates under the ruling Sudan People&#8217;s Liberation Movement (SPLM), cautioning them against premature campaigning and the use of heavily armed bodyguards during the party&#8217;s internal selection process.<\/p>\n<p>With preparations gathering momentum ahead of the anticipated 2026 General Elections, Governor Lobong has urged aspirants to respect party regulations, maintain discipline and avoid actions that could trigger unnecessary political tensions.<\/p>\n<p>He particularly cautioned against the deployment of heavily armed security personnel by individuals seeking political positions, emphasising the importance of maintaining a peaceful and orderly environment throughout the candidate selection process.<\/p>\n<p>The governor&#8217;s warning comes as political ambitions begin to take shape within the SPLM, with the party&#8217;s internal selection process expected to determine candidates for various elective positions across Eastern Equatoria State.<\/p>\n<p>As the race for political positions approaches, the message from the state leadership is clear: Respect party rules, avoid premature campaigns and keep heavily armed bodyguards out of the political competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ijoo Bosco Eastern Equatoria State Caretaker Governor Louis Lobong Lojore has issued a stern warning to aspiring political candidates under the ruling Sudan People&#8217;s Liberation Movement (SPLM), cautioning them against premature campaigning and the use of heavily armed bodyguards during the party&#8217;s internal selection process. With preparations gathering momentum<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/05\/governor-lobong-warns-splm-aspirants-no-premature-campaigns-heavily-armed-bodyguards\/\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":49502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[112,80,79,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eastern-equatoria-state","category-national","category-news","category-politics"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Governor-Lobong-.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49501","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49501"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49503,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49501\/revisions\/49503"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}