{"id":73217,"date":"2025-08-14T14:54:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T14:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=73217"},"modified":"2025-08-14T14:54:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T14:54:14","slug":"pdp-mourns-former-national-secretary-as-details-emerge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/14\/pdp-mourns-former-national-secretary-as-details-emerge\/","title":{"rendered":"PDP Mourns Former National Secretary as Details Emerge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Olokuta Rofiat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has confirmed the death of its former National Secretary, whose passing was announced on Thursday, August 14, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Party sources said the late politician, a prominent figure in Nigeria\u2019s political landscape, died after a brief illness.<\/p>\n<p>The family is expected to release an official statement on funeral arrangements in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>PDP\u2019s National Publicity Secretary described the loss as \u201ca great blow to the party and the nation,\u201d highlighting the deceased\u2019s role in shaping party policies during his tenure.<\/p>\n<p>Tributes have begun pouring in from party members, political associates, and well-wishers, praising his dedication to democratic values and service to the country.<\/p>\n<p>The former National Secretary served during a crucial period in PDP\u2019s history, contributing significantly to its electoral strategies and grassroots mobilization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Olokuta Rofiat The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has confirmed the death of its former National Secretary, whose passing was announced on Thursday, August 14, 2025. Party sources said the late politician, a prominent figure in Nigeria\u2019s political landscape, died after a brief illness. The family is expected to release an official statement on funeral [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":73218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73217","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=73217"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73219,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73217\/revisions\/73219"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}