{"id":389285,"date":"2018-01-06T11:04:44","date_gmt":"2018-01-06T11:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=389285"},"modified":"2018-01-06T12:59:19","modified_gmt":"2018-01-06T12:59:19","slug":"alhaji-bature-buried-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/01\/alhaji-bature-buried-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Alhaji Bature to be buried today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Managing Editor of the Al-Hajj newspaper, <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/01\/05\/journalist-alhaji-bature-passes\/\"><strong>Alhaji Bature Iddrisu<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, who passed away yesterday, Friday, will be buried today, Saturday, January 6, 2018, in line with Islamic tradition.<\/p>\n<p>Alhaji Bature, who was also an outspoken political commentator and a sympathizer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), according to a statement from his family, died at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, where he had been receiving medical treatment.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;LwC8x2fItLK5VmCaOWSUMZ0J28msWWxX&#8221;]\u201cThe late Alhaji Bature gave up the ghost a few minutes past 3:00pm at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, where he was receiving treatment after a short illness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn line with the Islamic faith, Janaiza prayers will be observed tomorrow, Saturday, January 6, 2018 at his family house at Nima, Gorillas; adjacent UNIBANK. The mortal remains will then be conveyed to the Madina Cemetery at 1p.m. for burial,\u201d the statement signed by News Editor of the aL-hAJJ newspaper and spokesperson for the Iddrisu family,\u00a0Amos Blessing Amorse, added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the family\u2019s statement below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Statement on The Sudden Demise of Alhaji Bature Iddrisu<\/p>\n<p>The Iddrisu family and Harzet Company Limited, publishers of The aL-hAJJ newspaper, wish to announce the sudden and untimely death of Alhaji Bature Iddrisu, Managing Editor of The aL-hAJJ newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>The late Alhaji Bature gave up the ghost few minutes past 3 p.m. at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital where he was receiving treatment after a short illness.<\/p>\n<p>In line with the Islamic faith, Janaiza prayers will be observed Saturday, January 6, 2018 at his family house at Nima, Gorillas; adjacent UNIBANK. The mortal remains will then be conveyed to the Madina Cemetery at 1p.m. for burial.<\/p>\n<p>We pray to Allah to forgive his shortcomings and grant him Jannatil Firdaus. Indeed, from Allah we come and unto him is our return.<\/p>\n<p>Amos Blessing Amorse<\/p>\n<p>News Editor, The aL-hAJJ\/Spokesperson for the Iddrisu family<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Godwin Akweiteh Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlloteyGodwin\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @AlloteyGodwin<\/a><br \/>\n<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Managing Editor of the Al-Hajj newspaper, Alhaji Bature Iddrisu, who passed away yesterday, Friday, will be buried today, Saturday, January 6, 2018, in line with Islamic tradition. 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