{"id":226120,"date":"2026-05-15T15:54:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T15:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=226120"},"modified":"2026-05-15T15:54:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T15:54:55","slug":"ben-kalu-the-lpdc-verdict-and-the-politics-of-manufactured-scandals-by-chetachi-ikenga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=226120","title":{"rendered":"Ben Kalu, the LPDC verdict, and the politics of manufactured scandals, By Chetachi Ikenga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Benjamin Kalu\u2019s real test will not be in responding to detractors. It will be in continuing the work that brought him to national prominence in the first place: strengthening Nigeria\u2019s legislature and contributing to the difficult task of building a more inclusive democracy. In Nigerian politics&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumtimesng.com\/opinion\/863511-ben-kalu-the-lpdc-verdict-and-the-politics-of-manufactured-scandals-by-chetachi-ikenga.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benjamin Kalu\u2019s real test will not be in responding to detractors. It will be in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":226121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-226120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/226120-ben-kalu-the-lpdc-verdict-and-the-politics-of-manufactured-scandals-by-chetachi-ikenga.jpeg",1027,1080,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/226120-ben-kalu-the-lpdc-verdict-and-the-politics-of-manufactured-scandals-by-chetachi-ikenga-150x150.jpeg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/226120-ben-kalu-the-lpdc-verdict-and-the-politics-of-manufactured-scandals-by-chetachi-ikenga-285x300.jpeg",285,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/226120-ben-kalu-the-lpdc-verdict-and-the-politics-of-manufactured-scandals-by-chetachi-ikenga-768x808.jpeg",640,673,true],"large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/226120-ben-kalu-the-lpdc-verdict-and-the-politics-of-manufactured-scandals-by-chetachi-ikenga-974x1024.jpeg",640,673,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/226120-ben-kalu-the-lpdc-verdict-and-the-politics-of-manufactured-scandals-by-chetachi-ikenga.jpeg",1027,1080,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/226120-ben-kalu-the-lpdc-verdict-and-the-politics-of-manufactured-scandals-by-chetachi-ikenga.jpeg",1027,1080,false],"chromenews-featured":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/226120-ben-kalu-the-lpdc-verdict-and-the-politics-of-manufactured-scandals-by-chetachi-ikenga-1024x1077.jpeg",1024,1077,true],"chromenews-large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/226120-ben-kalu-the-lpdc-verdict-and-the-politics-of-manufactured-scandals-by-chetachi-ikenga-825x575.jpeg",825,575,true],"chromenews-medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/226120-ben-kalu-the-lpdc-verdict-and-the-politics-of-manufactured-scandals-by-chetachi-ikenga-590x410.jpeg",590,410,true]},"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\/226120","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=226120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/226121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=226120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=226120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=226120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}