{"id":219287,"date":"2026-04-12T18:48:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T18:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=219287"},"modified":"2026-04-12T18:48:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T18:48:53","slug":"politics-now-filled-with-drug-dealers-419-operators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=219287","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Politics Now Filled with Drug Dealers, 419 Operators&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The former Governor of Abia State (1999\u20132007) and current Nigerian senator, has lamented on the decline in political integrity in the country.\u00a0In a viral video circulating widely on X, Kalu drew significant attention for his candid remarks on the changing nature of Nigerian politics. He reflected on his time in office and contrasts it with the present.He states:\u201cWhen I was governor (1999\u20132007&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nigerianeye.com\/2026\/02\/politics-now-filled-with-drug-dealers.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former Governor of Abia State (1999\u20132007) and current Nigerian senator, has lamented on the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":219288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-219287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/219287-politics-now-filled-with-drug-dealers-419-operators.jpeg",72,72,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/219287-politics-now-filled-with-drug-dealers-419-operators.jpeg",72,72,false],"medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/219287-politics-now-filled-with-drug-dealers-419-operators.jpeg",72,72,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/219287-politics-now-filled-with-drug-dealers-419-operators.jpeg",72,72,false],"large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/219287-politics-now-filled-with-drug-dealers-419-operators.jpeg",72,72,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/219287-politics-now-filled-with-drug-dealers-419-operators.jpeg",72,72,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/219287-politics-now-filled-with-drug-dealers-419-operators.jpeg",72,72,false],"chromenews-featured":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/219287-politics-now-filled-with-drug-dealers-419-operators.jpeg",72,72,false],"chromenews-large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/219287-politics-now-filled-with-drug-dealers-419-operators.jpeg",72,72,false],"chromenews-medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/219287-politics-now-filled-with-drug-dealers-419-operators.jpeg",72,72,false]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Jonathan Jeriah","author_link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?cat=38\" rel=\"category\">Politics<\/a>","tag_info":"Politics","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=219287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/219288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=219287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=219287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=219287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}