{"id":44038,"date":"2015-11-23T12:14:38","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T11:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=44038"},"modified":"2015-11-23T12:14:38","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T11:14:38","slug":"press-statement-pdp-expresses-shock-over-prince-abubakar-audus-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/pointblanknews-investigations\/press-statement-pdp-expresses-shock-over-prince-abubakar-audus-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Statement:  PDP Expresses Shock Over Prince Abubakar Audu\u2019s Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is shocked by the news of the sudden death of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in last Saturday\u2019s Kogi state governorship election, Prince Abubakar Audu.<\/p>\n<p>At this critical moment, the PDP refrains from comments on the conduct of the election. That is not important now. What is important at this point is the sanctity of human life.\u00a0 Our deepest thoughts and prayers go to the family of Prince Abubakar Audu and indeed, the APC fold.<\/p>\n<p>On this note, the Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, charges all PDP members in Kogi and across the nation to keep Prince Audu, his family and loved ones in their prayers, as we mourn with them and the people of Kogi state over this monumental loss.<\/p>\n<p>Signed:<\/p>\n<p>Chief Olisa Metuh<br \/>\nNational Publicity Secretary<\/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>The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is shocked by the news of the sudden death of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in last Saturday\u2019s Kogi state governorship election,&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":29783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pointblanknews-investigations"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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