The burial of late Comrade Ebiakpo Barle, Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of AM Times magazine has been fixed for 18thto 20t of August, 2022.
According to a statement signed and issued to newsmen in Yenagoa by the chairman, Bayelsa Independent Publishers Association (BIPA), Mr. Francis Dufugha, there would be a service of songs in honour of the departed publisher on August 18 at the Ijaw House in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state capital.
The statement further stated that interment would take place on August 22 at his hometown, Ayakoromo in Burutu local government area of Delta state.
The BIPA chairman enjoined all newspaper publishers, journalists and the general public to attend the events to pay their last respect to the late journalist and publisher.
Until his death at the age of 64, Barle was the publisher of the AM Times magazine based in Yenagoa and a member of BIPA. The late prolific writer was also a frontline believer in the Ijaw struggle for cultural and political liberty.
The deceased is survived by wife, two children, grandchildren and many relatives.
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