{"id":2876,"date":"2026-07-16T17:12:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/?p=2876"},"modified":"2026-07-16T17:12:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:12:14","slug":"breaking-umahi-breaks-silence-on-aides-death-denies-foul-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/2026\/07\/16\/breaking-umahi-breaks-silence-on-aides-death-denies-foul-play\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Umahi Breaks Silence on Aide\u2019s Death, Denies Foul Play"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u200d\"\"<\/p>\n

Minister of Works, David Umahi, has broken his silence over the death of Miss Mary Habila, a staff member who died at his residence in Uburu, Ebonyi State.<\/p>\n

Reacting to the incident on Thursday, Umahi said he had no reason to suspect foul play, describing attempts to link him to the death as “politics taken too far.”<\/p>\n

The minister described the deceased as “like a daughter,” noting that she had worked closely with him for several years.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

He added that Habila had a history of medical challenges and disclosed that he personally funded her treatment during her illness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u200d Minister of Works, David Umahi, has broken his silence over the death of Miss Mary Habila, a staff member who died at his residence in Uburu, Ebonyi State. Reacting to the incident on Thursday, Umahi said he had no reason to suspect foul play, describing attempts to link him to the death as “politics […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2876\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}