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PDP chairman in Abia dies
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caretaker Committee in Abia State, Chief Johnson Onuigbo, is dead.
A family member told journalists in Umuahia on Tuesday that Onuigbo died at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Umuahia, on Monday evening.
The source said: “He died after a brief illness at FMC and (his corpse) has been deposited at the mortuary.”
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He declined further information on the cause of the politician’s death.
The party’s Publicity Secretary in the state, Mrs. Love Ezema, confirmed Onuigbo’s death to journalists.
She said: “I was deeply shocked to hear that he died yesterday (Monday).”
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