{"id":5824,"date":"2013-07-01T19:26:48","date_gmt":"2013-07-01T19:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigerian-newspapers\/ex-inec-deputy-secretary-osemeke-dies\/"},"modified":"2013-07-01T19:26:48","modified_gmt":"2013-07-01T19:26:48","slug":"ex-inec-deputy-secretary-osemeke-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/ex-inec-deputy-secretary-osemeke-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex- INEC deputy secretary Osemeke dies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chief Steve Osemeke, a former Deputy Secretary of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is dead, aged 60, a family source said on Monday in Abuja.<\/p>\n

Mr. Ogochukwu Osemeke (Jnr), son of the deceased who made this known in a statement in Abuja, said his father died on June 24 during a brief illness.<\/p>\n

The statement said Osemeke held different positions before retiring as a deputy secretary of INEC in 2010.<\/p>\n

The statement listed some of the positions to include Director of Public Affairs and Personnel Management as well as the Administrative Secretary of the commission.<\/p>\n

The News Agency of Nigeria quoting the statement reports that the deceased also served as Chief Secretary to many governors.<\/p>\n

The statement said Osemeke was also a former Features Editor in the Nigerian Observer from where he rose to become the Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) in the old Bendel State from 1982 to 1984.<\/p>\n

According to the statement, he is survived by his wife, children, grand children, brothers and sisters, among other relations.<\/p>\n

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