The Majority Leader of Anambra State House of Assembly Hon. Nnamdi Okafor aka Akajiugo Awka is dead.
Okafor died on Tuesday night in South Africa.
Okafor, a second term Assembly member, represented Awka-South 1 State Constituency.
He was elected in 2015 on the platform of All Progressives Grand Alliance(APGA).
According to Nigerians Citizens Association in South Africa, the legislator, who was in the country for training, died few hours before his scheduled return to Nigeria.
He was reportedly said to have collapsed in the bathroom of his hotel.
He was later pronounced dead at the hospital he was rushed to.
NICASA President, Benjamin Okoli, who confirmed the legislator’s death to The Nation, said his body has been taken for autopsy to determine the cause of his death.
Okoli also said Nigeria’s Consul-General, Hon Andrew Nengak Idi has been informed of the development.
He said: “He died yesterday at a Sandton Hotel. He collapsed inside his hotel bathroom yesterday night and was confirmed dead later by paramedics who rushed to the scene.
“Members of his Constituency from Awka in SA rushed to the scene.
“The NICASA president Mr Benjamin Okoli informed the Consul General His Excellency Hon Andrew Nengak Idi of the development.
“The late Hon Nnamdi Okafor was scheduled to travel back to Nigeria the same night he died.
“He visited South Africa on the 15th August for a training in Cape Town.
“His body has been taken for autopsy to determine the cause of death.
“It was also discovered that the late Okafor did not register his presence with Nigerian Consulate and High commission in South Africa.
“NICASA discovered that the visiting members of the Anambra State House of Assembly did not register their presence with the Nigerian Consulate and High commission in South Africa during their visit. We think that such negligence should not be allowed by any visiting Nigerian and especially political leaders.
“Protocol should be followed by any Nigerian visitor to South Africa. We thank the Consul General His Excellency Hon Andrew Nengak Idi for acting quickly despite the protocol breach.
“We send our condolence to the government and ndi Anambra State for this great loss.” (Nation)
