Tragedy has struck Abia State government as Chijioke Nwakodo, the Chief of Staff to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has dead.
Nwakodo, 56, died in a London hospital on Thursday, August 10 evening, his younger brother, Obidike Nwakodo, told newsmen on Friday, August 11 in Umuahia.
The news of his death threw the government house and state into instant mourning as friends to the deceased wept uncontrollably.
Nwakodo further said that the news of his death was communicated to the family on Thursday evening. He said that arrangements were on to formally convey the message of his death to the governor.
It was gathered that Nwakodo, a father of two, was appointed Chief of Staff to the governor on June 3, 2015.
Nwakodo, a politician and businessman, was born on March 29, 1961. He was a one-time chairman of Umuahia North Local Government Area (1999 to 2002), where he was nicknamed “Zero allocation”.
The deceased also served as the chief economic adviser to former Gov. Theodore Orji. When newsmen 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.