{"id":71311,"date":"2020-01-14T19:24:08","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T18:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=71311"},"modified":"2020-01-14T19:24:08","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T18:24:08","slug":"magaji-was-a-loyal-party-man-says-prince-agba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/magaji-was-a-loyal-party-man-says-prince-agba\/","title":{"rendered":"Magaji was a loyal party man, says Prince Agba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade<br \/>\nAgba, has described the death of former Deputy State Chairman of the Edo<br \/>\nState Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Otunba Charlton<br \/>\nUsman Magaji, as painful, shocking and diminishing.<\/p>\n<p>Prince Agba said Magaji&#8217;s death had depleted the tribe of loyal party<br \/>\nmen in APC in Edo, but encouraged the APC family to keep hope alive and<br \/>\nwork even harder to preserve the legacy of commitment and loyalty that<br \/>\nthe late Magaji built during his life and times.<\/p>\n<p>A statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media, Sufuyan Ojeifo,<br \/>\nquoted Prince Agba to have said: &#8220;the death of Otunba Charlton Usman<br \/>\nMagaji was shocking, painful and diminishing. A grassroots politician<br \/>\nand mobiliser for the common good of the party, his death has created a<br \/>\nvacuum yearning for a fill up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was a loyal party man who never wavered in the face of political<br \/>\nchallenges.\u00a0 He served with commitment and distinction when he was in<br \/>\nthe saddle as deputy state chairman of the APC in Edo State and<br \/>\nthereafter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Up until his passing, Otunba Magaji remained committed to the ideals<br \/>\nthat undergird the workings of the APC family in Edo State.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The statement further quoted Prince Agba to have admonished members of<br \/>\nthe APC family in Edo to continue with the good work of the late Magaji<br \/>\nwhere he stopped, saying, &#8220;This is the best way to pay tributes to and<br \/>\nimmortalize the departed astute political leader whose exemplary<br \/>\nleadership impacted his followers positively.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/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>Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, has described the death of former Deputy State Chairman of the Edo State Chapter of the All Progressives&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":71312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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