Anambra State House Of Assembly Describes Majority Leader’s Death As Rude Shock.
Anambra State House of Assembly notifies the public of the death of one of its members and Majority Leader of the House, Hon. Dr. Nnamdi Okafor, who was representing Awka South One Constituency.
In a release, the Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker of the House said that information available to to them indicated that Hon. Okafor slumped and died in South Africa.
He said the cause of his death is yet to be ascertained as they await the autopsy result.
The Speaker of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Uche Okafor, said that the news of the death of Hon. Nnamdi Okafor came to them as a rude shock.
Rt. Hon. Okafor described the death of the Majority Leader of the House as a great loss to the State Legislative Institution, Awka Community and the State at large, noting that the late Hon. Okafor was a knowledgeable and active legislator whose contributions both in the legislature and in his constituency distinguished him among his contemporaries.
The Speaker maintained that the State House of Assembly has lost a great, erudite and eloquent lawmaker in the person of Hon. Nnamdi Okafor and posited that the deceased lawmaker’s short but eventful life and times, are worthy of emulation.
Rt. Hon. Okafor on behalf of the State Lawmakers and the entire legislature, commiserated with his wife and the family and prayed God to grant the soul of Hon Okafor eternal repose.
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