The Majority Leader in the Anambra State House of Assembly, Nnamdi Okafor, has been reported dead. Before his death, the lawmaker, popularly known as Akajiugo Awka, represented Constituency 1 in Awka South at the state assembly.
However, the community expressed that their son’s death, who was in good health before his journey to South Africa with his colleagues, was not an ordinary occurrence.
Resisebts vowed to dig further into making sure that anyone behind it would not be spared.
It was reported that he did not follow his fellow lawmakers back to Nigeria on Sunday because his kinsmen had told him to stay behind to host him.
Besides, it was further gathered that the late lawmaker was not on good terms with a few stakeholders in the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).
One of the APGA leaders in Umuzocha in Awka, the same village where the late Okafor hailed from, Hon. Paulson Okeke, described his death as tragic.
Weeping uncontrollably, Okeke, said the late majority leader used his position to help the less privileged and widows in their place.
He said the late lawmaker also attracted developmental projects to their area, adding that it was most unfortunate to lose such a gem.
He said that the information they got was that he slumped and died in the bathroom.
For Lady Ebele Okafor, the National Deputy President, Market Traders Association of Nigeria (MATAN) and APGA woman leader in Amawbia, the death of the lawmaker was hard to believe.
The Nation reports that she said he never shied away from his responsibilities, especially those concerning women in the area.
Okafor said not only the community or APGA would miss him, but the entire state of Anambra, while praying that God grant his soul eternal rest.
Meanwhile, one of the community leaders in Awka disclosed that the elders would not sit idly by and allow evil to triumph over good.
The source, who pleaded anonymity, said Awka had lost some illustrious sons within two months, adding that this was another shocker to the community.
According to the source: ”it’s becoming too much in Awka. Nnamdi’s sudden death is not ordinary. We can’t continue to keep quiet. Something must be done.”
