{"id":10249,"date":"2013-02-28T20:37:22","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T19:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=10249"},"modified":"2013-02-28T20:37:22","modified_gmt":"2013-02-28T19:37:22","slug":"ogbodo-guardian-dep-political-editor-dies-in-auto-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ogbodo-guardian-dep-political-editor-dies-in-auto-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Ogbodo, Guardian Dep. 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Ike Ikweremadu.<\/p>\n<p>The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission, Mr Garba Mohammed, who confirmed the incident said the accident occurred at Achijili village, near Ayingba.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, did not give further details on the cause of the accident.<\/p>\n<p>The other journalists, who sustained various degrees of injuries were taken to Grimmad Hospital, Ayingba, while the corpse of late Ogbodo was deposited at the mortuary. (NAN)<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr John Ogbodo, a Deputy Political Editor with the Guardian Newspaper, was on Thursday killed in a ghastly motor accident on the Ajaokuta-Anyigba Road in Kogi. 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