{"id":43759,"date":"2024-07-25T22:00:20","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T22:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/buhari-reacts-to-death-of-ohanaezes-president-general-iwuanyanwu\/"},"modified":"2024-07-25T22:00:20","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T22:00:20","slug":"buhari-reacts-to-death-of-ohanaezes-president-general-iwuanyanwu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/buhari-reacts-to-death-of-ohanaezes-president-general-iwuanyanwu\/","title":{"rendered":"Buhari reacts to death of Ohanaeze\u2019s President General Iwuanyanwu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The immediate past president of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, has expressed sadness over the death of the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu.<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST earlier reported that the elder statesman died on Thursday in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, after a brief illness.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting, Buhari, in a statement on Thursday by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, extended his condolences to the family, friends and associates of the deceased.<\/p>\n<p>The former president described Iwuanyanwu\u2019s death as a sad event for the nation, highlighting his contributions to journalism, sports, politics and nation-building.<\/p>\n<p>The statement added: \u201cHe was a visionary who revolutionised the nation\u2019s media and sports. He made notable strides in the media industry, construction, sports, business, and politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had several opportunities to interact with him to learn about his passionate commitment to the unity, peaceful coexistence, and development of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis rich contributions have left indelible memories in the media, sports, politics, and business, where he made extraordinary achievements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Buhari reacts to death of Ohanaeze\u2019s President General Iwuanyanwu<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The immediate past president of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, has expressed sadness over the death of the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4273,15,22074],"tags":[847,1137,3121,6014,180,22075,1095,477],"class_list":["post-43759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buhari","category-news","category-ohanaezes-president-general-iwuanyanwu","tag-buhari","tag-death","tag-general","tag-iwuanyanwu","tag-news","tag-ohanaezes","tag-president","tag-reacts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}