{"id":79507,"date":"2023-01-06T13:19:56","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T12:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/breaking-pdp-state-assembly-candidate-in-plateau-is-dead"},"modified":"2023-01-06T14:42:05","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T13:42:05","slug":"breaking-pdp-state-assembly-candidate-in-plateau-is-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/breaking-pdp-state-assembly-candidate-in-plateau-is-dead","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: PDP State Assembly candidate in Plateau is dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 election in Pengana State Constituency, Matthew Akawu is dead.<\/p>\n<p>Akawu who was billed to fly the party\u2019s flag in the 2023 State Assembly election was said to have attended a new year event in the constituency on Wednesday, according to a family source.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe then said he wasn\u2019t feeling fine on his return home, his situation deteriorated and he was taken to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, he died in the early hours of Friday\u201d, the source confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Also speaking, the Publicity Secretary of PDP in the State, John Akans, confirmed the demise of the candidate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes we are aware of the death of our candidate for Pengana State Assembly constituency but the party will issue a statement on that, that\u2019s all I can tell you\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 election in Pengana State Constituency, Matthew Akawu is dead. Akawu who was billed to fly the party\u2019s flag in the 2023 State Assembly election was said to have attended a new year event in the constituency on Wednesday, according to a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":79506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,28,14],"tags":[1570,2140,1578,254,65,191],"class_list":["post-79507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-breaking","tag-nigeria","tag-pdp","tag-plateau"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: PDP State Assembly candidate in Plateau is dead - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 election in Pengana State Constituency, Matthew Akawu i ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/breaking-pdp-state-assembly-candidate-in-plateau-is-dead\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING: PDP State Assembly candidate in Plateau is dead\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 election in Pengana State Constituency, Matthew Akawu i ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/breaking-pdp-state-assembly-candidate-in-plateau-is-dead\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-01-06T12:19:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-01-06T13:42:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1672998606.26.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/breaking-pdp-state-assembly-candidate-in-plateau-is-dead#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/breaking-pdp-state-assembly-candidate-in-plateau-is-dead\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"BREAKING: PDP State Assembly candidate in Plateau is dead\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-06T12:19:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-06T13:42:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/breaking-pdp-state-assembly-candidate-in-plateau-is-dead\"},\"wordCount\":157,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/breaking-pdp-state-assembly-candidate-in-plateau-is-dead#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1672998606.26.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"breaking\",\"Nigeria\",\"PDP\",\"Plateau\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/breaking-pdp-state-assembly-candidate-in-plateau-is-dead#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/breaking-pdp-state-assembly-candidate-in-plateau-is-dead\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/breaking-pdp-state-assembly-candidate-in-plateau-is-dead\",\"name\":\"BREAKING: PDP State Assembly candidate in Plateau is dead - 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