A member of the moribund Board of
Trustees BOT of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Sir Olisaemeka
Akamukalem is dead.
Akamukalem, who hailed from Delta
state died on Tuesday in Gwarinpa, Abuja after a torrential rainfall which
swept his car. He was aged 57.
Eye-witnesses said they watched
helplessly as the flood swept the party chieftain and his car to their end. In
the meantime, APC said it received the news of the death of one of its “respected
leaders, Sir Olisaemeka Akamukali with shock”.
In a statement issued Thursday in
Abuja and signed by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi,
APC recalled that the late Akamukali was the former National Chairman of the
Democratic Peoples’Party (DPP) that merged with others to form the APC in 2013.
He had also served as the first Assistant
National Secretary of the All Peoples Party (APP).
“He was the Director-General of Rabiu
Musa Kwankwaso Campaign for President and thereafter served as member of the
APC Presidential Campaign Committee that worked for the successful election of
President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015.
“The late party chieftain who served
the APC as first interim National Auditor was one the stabilizing forces in the
party and always identified with progressive causes to strengthen the Party and
ensure unity among members.
“Sadly, the late Akamukali has left
us at a critical time when he was needed to contribute to nation building and
the implementation of the APC Change Agenda. We however take solace knowing
that the late Party chieftain lived a fulfilled and impactful life during his
time on earth”, APC added.
It is most unfortunate that Delta State had to lose
an illustrious son in this manner. However, this should stand as a lesson to all,
especially, APC online media rats, that deluge or flood after heavy rainfall is
not the problem of Asaba alone. If this unfortunate incident had occurred in
the State, social media would have been inundated with #APCtakeoverdelta. But the truth is, across the world, it is not unusual
that after very heavy rainfall, there is bound to be a deluge. May his soul rest
in peace!
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