{"id":46049,"date":"2025-09-12T09:32:48","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T09:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=46049"},"modified":"2025-09-12T09:32:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T09:32:48","slug":"how-15-worshippers-died-in-road-mishap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=46049","title":{"rendered":"HOW 15 WORSHIPPERS DIED IN ROAD MISHAP"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div>By Innocent Osuoha<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0 \u00a0For some days now the news making the rounds, even at the time of this report, is the ghastly accident that claimed the lives of over fifteen church members of the Jehovah Witness congregation.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0 A visit to the Agwa Community in Oguta LGA reveal that some family compounds have entirely closed as a result of the accident.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0 \u00a0The victims were returning home after attending the annual Jehovah Witness Assembly Convention, Uli, Anambra State.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0 Eye 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