{"id":716682,"date":"2019-10-04T18:41:36","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T18:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/04\/what-death-of-ogbomosho-tortoise-means-for-nigeria\/"},"modified":"2019-10-04T18:41:36","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T18:41:36","slug":"what-death-of-ogbomosho-tortoise-means-for-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/04\/what-death-of-ogbomosho-tortoise-means-for-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"What Death Of Ogbomosho Tortoise Means For Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Former Senator, Shehu Sani, has said that the death of famous tortoise, Alagba, reflects the spirit of resilience and endurance in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_643144\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-643144\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-643144\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/shehu-sani-reacts-to-buharis-appraisal-of-jonathan.jpg\" alt=\"Shehu Sani\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-643144\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senator Shehu Sani<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Alagba, who resided in the palace of the Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Jimoh Oyewunmi, died at the age of 344 on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read:\u00a0344-Year-Old Tortoise \u2018Alagba\u2019 Dies In Ogbomosho<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Its death was confirmed to newsmen in Ogbomoso on Thursday by the private secretary to the monarch, Toyin Ajamu.<\/p>\n<p>The former lawmaker expressed that the death of the Sacred creature is a message to the host country.<\/p>\n<p>See his tweet below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The longevity of that tortoise symbolizes the spirit of resilience and endurance against all odds and its death was a message to its hosts country.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Shehu Sani (@ShehuSani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShehuSani\/status\/1180068162970230784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\">October 4, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Senator, Shehu Sani, has said that the death of famous tortoise, Alagba, reflects the spirit of resilience and endurance in Nigeria. Senator Shehu Sani Alagba, who resided in the palace of the Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Jimoh Oyewunmi, died at the age of 344 on Thursday. Also Read:\u00a0344-Year-Old Tortoise \u2018Alagba\u2019 Dies In Ogbomosho Its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":705168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-716682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nollywood"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What Death Of Ogbomosho Tortoise Means For Nigeria - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\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.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/04\/what-death-of-ogbomosho-tortoise-means-for-nigeria\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"What Death Of Ogbomosho Tortoise Means For Nigeria - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Former Senator, Shehu Sani, has said that the death of famous tortoise, Alagba, reflects the spirit of resilience and endurance in Nigeria. 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