The chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Iba Town and chairmanship candidate in Ojo Local Government of Lagos State in the coming LG elections in the state, Chief Emmanuel Nwankwo has died.
The Chieftain also known as the Ndiowu in Orumba North Local Government of Anambra State-born politician died barely ten minutes after returning from a PDP meeting held at the Lagos State Secretariat on Wednesday.
It was gathered that the late Nwankwo slumped while returning from the meeting and started vomiting blood and was rushed to a hospital where he was admitted in Ojo .
But when his condition was beyond hospital capacity, he was transferred to another hospital on the Lagos Island where he finally died.
His death has thrown the residents and party members into disarray and shock as they alleged that he might have been poisoned due to the party leadership crises in the area.
Though, autopsy report is yet to confirm the cause of his death, there has been leadership tussle among the PDP members in Iba town between the Igbo and other ethnic groups in the area.
At the end, Nwankwo, popularly known as Guilder, emerged as chairman and was hoping to be the party candidate before this incident occurred.
When visited his popular hotel where he used as his office, the staff confirmed the incident but still stunned over what happened.
Some of the party members contacted also were still in shock over his death.
One of them said that indeed there has been crisis in the area but it was resolved with late Nwankwo emerged as the Party leader in the area.
Meanwhile, his body has been taken down to his home town and deposited at a mortuary from where he will laid to rest.
According to the family members, no date has been fixed for his burial.
The late Nwankwo survived by two wives and had many children.
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