Soludo, speaker, others mourn Okafor, Anambra Assembly majority leader

“Dr Nnamdi Okafor was an active participant at the Seventh Assembly who devoted his time and energy to represent his constituency. He will be sorely missed.

“On behalf of Anambra State Government, may I use this medium to convey my sympathy to those he left behind, including his family, Awka Constituency One and Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Uche Okafor as well as other lawmakers.

“Indeed, life is ephemeral. May the living continue to reflect on the essence of life and live for the good of the society like Okafor did.”

The speaker on his part, said the news of the death of the lawmaker came to them as a rude shock

He stated this in a press statement circulated to journalists in Awka.

He said, “Information available to us indicate that Hon. Okafor slumped and died in South Africa. The cause of his death is  yet to be ascertained as we await the autopsy result.”

The speaker, on behalf of the state lawmakers commiserated with the wife and the family of the deceased and prayed God to grant the soul of Okafor eternal repose

Meanwhile, just like as it happened during the death of Okoye in May, the state lawmakers have refused to talk as the lawmaker representing the Onitsha South One Constituency, Uzoma Eli, said the lawmakers were still in shock and it’s not the right time to talk on the development.

According to a source in the Assembly, “I don’t know what really happened but from the information we gathered, Nnamdi Okafor was billed to travel back to Nigeria through the Ethiopian Airline last night.

“But when one of them, who left to go and buy food for himself and the deceased came back, they went to his hotel room and found him lying on the bathroom floor. They tried to get him to talk but he was not responding. I don’t know whether they took him to hospital but the information I got was that he is dead. That is the shocking news we all received.”