{"id":409,"date":"2021-09-11T09:56:18","date_gmt":"2021-09-11T08:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coastaltimes557122118.wordpress.com\/2021\/09\/11\/death-of-chief-sy-mamamu-a-monumental-loss-to-ijaw-nation-inc\/"},"modified":"2021-09-11T09:56:18","modified_gmt":"2021-09-11T08:56:18","slug":"death-of-chief-sy-mamamu-a-monumental-loss-to-ijaw-nation-inc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2021\/09\/11\/death-of-chief-sy-mamamu-a-monumental-loss-to-ijaw-nation-inc\/","title":{"rendered":"Death Of Chief SY Mamamu: A Monumental Loss To\u00a0Ijaw Nation &#8211; INC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Coastal News<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"679\" data-attachment-id=\"407\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2021\/09\/11\/death-of-chief-sy-mamamu-a-monumental-loss-to-ijaw-nation-inc\/fb_img_1631256753251\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/fb_img_1631256753251.jpg?fit=676%2C717&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"676,717\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"FB_IMG_1631256753251.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/fb_img_1631256753251.jpg?fit=283%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/fb_img_1631256753251.jpg?fit=640%2C679&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/fb_img_1631256753251.jpg?resize=640%2C679&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/fb_img_1631256753251.jpg?w=676&amp;ssl=1 676w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/fb_img_1631256753251.jpg?resize=283%2C300&amp;ssl=1 283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption><strong>CHIEF SY MAMA<\/strong>MU. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ijaw National Congress (INC) has condoled the family of a foremost Ijaw leader and elder statesman, Chief S.Y. Mamamu, who died in the early hours of Thursday, 9th September, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a condolence message on Friday, on behalf of the National Executive Council (NEC) and Congress, the President of the group, Prof. Benjamin Okaba, described the death of Chief Mamamu as a monumental loss to the entire Ijaw Nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the message, signed by the National Publicity Secretary, Engr. Ezonebi Oyakemeagbegha, INC noted that Chief Mamamu had over the years tirelessly championed the liberation of the Ijaw people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group sympathised with the bereaved family and prayed the good Lord who willed the departure to grant the family, friends and the entire Ijaw Nation the fortitude to bear the loss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coastal News The Ijaw National Congress (INC) has condoled the family of a foremost Ijaw&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[154,213,335],"class_list":["post-409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","tag-engr-ezonebi-oyakemeagbegha","tag-inc","tag-prof-benjamin-okaba"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/fb_img_1631256753251-1.jpg?fit=676%2C717&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":465,"url":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2021\/09\/15\/inc-pays-condolence-visit-to-family-of-late-ijaw-elder-statesman-chief-mamamu-in-warri-says-his-demise-is-a-colossal-loss-to-ijaw-nation\/","url_meta":{"origin":409,"position":0},"title":"INC Pays Condolence Visit To Family Of Late Ijaw Elder Statesman, Chief Mamamu In Warri, Says His Demise Is A Colossal Loss To Ijaw Nation","author":"Coastal Times","date":"September 15, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Coastal News Ijaw National Congress, INC has paid a condolence visit to the home of the late Chief SY Mamamu, who was also a former zonal chairman of the INC at his Warri residence. 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