{"id":70783,"date":"2025-07-16T15:29:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T15:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=70783"},"modified":"2025-07-16T15:29:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T15:29:30","slug":"why-i-missed-buharis-burial-peter-obi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/16\/why-i-missed-buharis-burial-peter-obi\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Missed Buhari\u2019s Burial -Peter Obi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Labour Party\u2019s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has explained his absence at the burial of former President Muhammadu Buhari, which took place Tuesday in Daura, Katsina State.<\/p>\n<p>Obi\u2019s no-show had sparked reactions, as the event drew many top political and national figures.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview with Arise TV, the former Anambra State governor cited logistical challenges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was difficult to come yesterday because there was no available flight,\u201d he said. \u201cEven if there was, landing at Katsina Airport was not possible as it was closed due to the arrival of several dignitaries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Obi, however, visited Daura on Wednesday to personally condole with the late president\u2019s family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMourning continues until tomorrow, so anyone who comes today or tomorrow is still very much part of the mourning process,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>His visit adds to the wave of tributes and condolences pouring in since Buhari\u2019s death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata &nbsp; Labour Party\u2019s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has explained his absence at the burial of former President Muhammadu Buhari, which took place Tuesday in Daura, Katsina State. Obi\u2019s no-show had sparked reactions, as the event drew many top political and national figures. Speaking in an interview with Arise TV, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":70784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70783","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\/70783","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70783"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70785,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70783\/revisions\/70785"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}