{"id":109821,"date":"2023-12-28T12:15:13","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T11:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=109821"},"modified":"2023-12-28T12:15:13","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T11:15:13","slug":"ex-pdp-chairmans-wife-sister-killed-in-christmas-eve-fire-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ex-pdp-chairmans-wife-sister-killed-in-christmas-eve-fire-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-PDP chairman\u2019s wife, sister killed in Christmas eve fire incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wife of the late chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party \u00a0(PDP) in Akwa Ibom state, Mrs. Elizabeth Udo Ekpenyong and his sister, Ms Ofonime Frank have been burnt to death.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe tragic fire incident, which occurred on Christmas eve, razed down the house of the late Peoples Democratic Party boss, Obong Udo Ekpenyong, in Ukanafun Local Government Area of the state.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the fire remains unknown as at the time of this report.<\/p>\n<p>This was disclosed in a statement issued to journalists by the Secretary, Transition Committee of the local government, Hon. Udeme Idiong in the early hours of Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Transition Community chairman of the council Hon. Godwin Ekpe (JP) has declared seven days mourning for all indigenes of the local government, the statement revealed.<\/p>\n<p>It also stated that council chairman has sought the approval of the state government to withdraw all Ukanafun contingent in the ongoing Christmas Carol activity scheduled to hold on 28th December, 2023<\/p>\n<p>The statement said: \u201cSequel to the tragic fire incident that occurred at the residence of our Late State Party Chairman, Obong Udo Ekpenyong on 24th December 2023 which claimed the lives of his wife, Mrs Elizabeth Udo Ekpenyong and her sister, Ms Ofonime Frank, the Chairman, Transition Committee, Ukanafun Local Government Area, Hon. (Elder) Godwin Ekpe JP has declared a 7 days mourning period for all indigenes of Ukanafun Local Government from Tuesday 26th of December, 2023 to Monday 1st January, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has also in collaboration with the Stakeholders of the Local Government and approval of the State Government approved a withdrawal of Ukanafun\u2019s contingent and performance in the ongoing Christmas unplugged activity earlier scheduled to hold on the 28th of December, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile sympathizing with the family of the deceased, we pray for the repose of the departed souls\u201d.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\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>Wife of the late chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party \u00a0(PDP) in Akwa Ibom state, Mrs. Elizabeth Udo Ekpenyong and his sister, Ms Ofonime Frank have been burnt to death.&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":109822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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