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Chijioke Nwokodo, Abia State Governor’s Chief Of Staff, Dies In London
Chijioke Nwakodo
Mr. Chijioke Nwakodo, the Chief of Staff to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, is dead.
Nwakodo, 56, died in a London hospital on Thursday evening, his younger brother, Mr. Obidike Nwakodo, told the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, on Friday in Umuahia.
He added that the news of his brother’s death was communicated to the family on Thursday evening.
Nwakodo said that arrangements were on to formally convey the message of his death to the governor.
NAN learnt that Nwakodo, a father of two, was appointed Chief of Staff to the governor on June 3, 2015. The politician/businessman was born on March 29, 1961.
He was a one-time chairman of Umuahia North Local Government Area between 1999 and 2002. His supporters nicknamed him “Zero allocation”.
The deceased also served as the chief economic adviser to former Governor Theodore Orji.
When NAN visited his residence, his younger brother, Obidike, was seen receiving calls from sympathisers who trickled into the house of the deceased to confirm his death and to offer sympathy.
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