Anambra State lawmaker, representing Awka South Constituency I in the House of Assembly, Hon. Nnamdi Okafor is dead.
Okafor, who is a pharmacist and a businessman is a two term legislator. He was said to have collapsed in the early hours of Wednesday in a hotel at Sandton City, Johannesburg and was confirmed dead hours later.
It was gathered that Okafor was in South Africa for official duties with some of his colleagues.
According to a family member, 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 at Sandton City Johannesburg, South Africa.
Okafor is the second serving lawmaker in the state to die this year. Earlier in May, the member representing Aguata 11 constituency, Dr. Okechukwu Okoye was kidnapped by gunmen and later beheaded.
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.
As at the time of filing this report, the cause of Hon. Okafor’s death is yet to be unravelled.
More details later…
