The Consulate General of Nigeria in South Africa has opened up on the death of Dr Nnamdi Okafor, an Anambra lawmaker, whose death occurred on 23rd August 2022 in Johannesburg.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that Dr Okafor, until his death, was the Majority Leader of the Anambra State House of Assembly, representing Awka South Constituency One.
The legislator was in South Africa to attend a training programme alongside other State legislators. He slumped in his hotel room while getting ready for his return trip to Nigeria and was later confirmed dead by paramedics.
The Consulate General of Nigeria in Johannesburg confirmed the death of the Nigeria legislator and disclosed that the remains of the late lawmaker have been deposited at the mortuary while investigations are continuing to ascertain the possible cause of death.
“The Consulate was alerted and officers moved to the scene immediately,” a statement by the Consulate reads while expressing readiness to collaborate with relevant South African agencies on the investigation into the cause of his death.
While appreciating relevant South African agencies that have been assisting since the sad development, the Consulate General also commiserated with the immediate family members of Okafor, the Anambra State House Assembly, as well as the government and good people of Anambra State on the painful loss.