{"id":67904,"date":"2025-06-12T16:50:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T16:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=67904"},"modified":"2025-06-12T16:50:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T16:50:28","slug":"kaduna-based-influencer-dadiyata-confirmed-dead-after-six-years-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/12\/kaduna-based-influencer-dadiyata-confirmed-dead-after-six-years-missing\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaduna-Based Influencer Dadiyata Confirmed Dead After Six Years Missing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By Adenike Lawal<\/p>\n<p>After more than six years of mystery and speculation, Kaduna-based social media influencer Abubakar Idris, popularly known as Dadiyata, has been officially confirmed dead.<\/p>\n<p>The confirmation follows an in-depth investigation led by prominent investigative commentator and social critic, Damilola Adekunle, bringing closure to one of Nigeria\u2019s most haunting unresolved disappearances.<\/p>\n<p>Dadiyata, known for his outspoken views on national issues and active engagement on social media, vanished under suspicious circumstances in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>His case drew national and international attention, symbolizing the growing risks faced by vocal critics of government and policy.<\/p>\n<p>His death marks a tragic end to years of hope and uncertainty for his family, friends, and supporters and rekindles urgent conversations about freedom of expression, safety, and justice in Nigeria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; By Adenike Lawal After more than six years of mystery and speculation, Kaduna-based social media influencer Abubakar Idris, popularly known as Dadiyata, has been officially confirmed dead. The confirmation follows an in-depth investigation led by prominent investigative commentator and social critic, Damilola Adekunle, bringing closure to one of Nigeria\u2019s most haunting unresolved disappearances. Dadiyata, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":67905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67904"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67906,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67904\/revisions\/67906"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}