{"id":20034,"date":"2026-02-03T08:46:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T08:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/?p=20034"},"modified":"2026-02-03T08:46:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T08:46:53","slug":"otunba-ojoras-demise-iedpu-sympathises-with-dr-bukola-saraki-over-in-laws-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/2026\/02\/03\/otunba-ojoras-demise-iedpu-sympathises-with-dr-bukola-saraki-over-in-laws-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Otunba Ojora\u2019s Demise: IEDPU Sympathises with Dr Bukola Saraki over In-Law\u2019s Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>By Raheem Ibrahim<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU) has commiserated with the Waziri of Ilorin and former Senate President, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, CON, over the death of his father-in-law, Otunba Adekunla Ojora.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement signed by the IEDPU National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Suleiman S. Dagbo, the National President of the union, Alhaji Abdulmumini Ayo Abdulmalik, described the demise of Otunba Ojora as a great loss, in view of his numerous positive contributions to national and human development.<\/p>\n<p>Alhaji Abdulmalik particularly sympathised with the former First Lady of Kwara State, Mrs Toyin Saraki, and her siblings on the passing of their father.<\/p>\n<p>He also extended his condolences to their mother, Erelu Ojuolape Ojora, on the demise of her husband.<\/p>\n<p>The statement urged the Saraki family, other relations, associates, and friends of the deceased statesman to take solace in the fact that he lived a long and impactful life worthy of emulation.<\/p>\n<p>Alhaji Abdulmalik prayed that Allah forgive the shortcomings of Otunba Ojora and reward his good deeds with admission into Al-Jannatul Firdaus.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Raheem Ibrahim The Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU) has commiserated with the Waziri of Ilorin and former Senate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-from-the-grassroots"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20034"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20035,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20034\/revisions\/20035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}