{
  "id": 18058832,
  "title": "Dele Giwa’s Murder: IBB’s Excuses Untenable, Unacceptable, Unbelievable, Says Ray Ekpu",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/dele-giwas-murder-ibbs-excuses-untenable-unacceptable-unbelievable",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-04T02:56:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/11/04/dele-giwas-murder-ibbs-excuses-untenable-unacceptable-unbelievable-says-ray-ekpu/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Former military president Ibrahim Babangida's explanations for the unresolved assassination of Newswatch Magazine's founding Editor-in-Chief, Dele Giwa, through a letter bomb, have been deemed \"untenable, unviable, unacceptable, unbelievable, and inexcusable\" by Newswatch Plus Limited CEO, Ray Ekpu. Ekpu voiced his objection in an article titled \"Dele Giwa's Assassination: More Questions Than Answers (2)\", following Babangida's explanation in his autobiography, \"A Journey in Service\".",
  "summary": "Dike Onwuamaeze Chief Executive Officer of Newswatch Plus Limited, Mr. Ray Ekpu, has described former military president Ibrahim Babangida’s excuses for the failure of his regime to unravel the assassination",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}