A family member of late Majority Leader of Anambra State House of Assembly and member representing Awka South Constituency 1, Dr. Nnamdi Okafor, has explained how the lawmaker died in South Africa.
WITHIN NIGERIA had reported that Okafor collapsed in the early hours of Wednesday in a hotel at Sandton City, Johannesburg and was confirmed dead hours later.
The two term legislator, who is a pharmacist and a businessman is the second serving lawmaker in the state to die this year.
This publication recalls that earlier in May, the member representing Aguata 11 constituency, Dr. Okechukwu Okoye was kidnapped by gunmen and later beheaded.
Okafor’s family members said they were yet to get details about the cause of his death.
It was gathered that Okafor was in South Africa for official duties with some of his colleagues.
According to Vanguard, a family member said the lawmakers finished their assignment at the weekend and while his colleagues returned to Nigeria, the Awka community in South Africa decided to host him and invited him to attend a programme with them, only for him to die in his hotel room.
His Umuzocha village in the heart of Awka Metropolis has been thrown into mourning as people have been visiting his country home to commiserate with his family members.