{"id":3166,"date":"2025-11-14T18:37:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T18:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/?p=3166"},"modified":"2025-11-14T18:37:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T18:37:09","slug":"former-anambra-governor-willie-obiano-debunks-death-rumour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/?p=3166","title":{"rendered":"Former Anambra Governor, Willie Obiano, Debunks Death Rumour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Anambra Governor, Willie Obiano, Debunks Death Rumour<\/p>\n<p>Former Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano (Akpokuedike), has debunked rumours circulating about his wellbeing, affirming that he is alive, hale, and in excellent health. <\/p>\n<p>Ex-Governor Obiano made the clarification this evening , Thursday, 14 November 2025, through a personal statement posted on his verified Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p>In the statement, he described the rumour as unfortunate, noting that some individuals still take delight in spreading falsehood. He expressed gratitude to Ndi Anambra, friends, and well-wishers who reached out with calls, messages, and prayers, reassuring the public to disregard the unfounded speculation. Obiano added that he remains focused, grateful, and guided by God\u2019s grace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Anambra Governor, Willie Obiano, Debunks Death Rumour Former Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,27],"tags":[44],"class_list":["post-3166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-politics","tag-trending"],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000851242.jpg",960,1280,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000851242-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000851242-225x300.jpg",225,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000851242-768x1024.jpg",640,853,true],"large":["https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000851242-768x1024.jpg",640,853,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000851242.jpg",960,1280,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000851242.jpg",960,1280,false],"chromenews-featured":["https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000851242.jpg",960,1280,false],"chromenews-large":["https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000851242-825x575.jpg",825,575,true],"chromenews-medium":["https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000851242-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"info":["Eluwa Tochukwu"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/?cat=26\" rel=\"category\">Breaking News<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/?cat=27\" rel=\"category\">Politics<\/a>","tag_info":"Politics","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3166"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3167,"href":"https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3166\/revisions\/3167"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}