APC BoT member drowns in Gwarinpa flood

Olisaemeka Akamukalem, a member of the Board of Trustees of the ruling All Progressives Congress, has drowned in a flood in Abuja.

57-year-old Akamukalem, who hailed from Delta state died on Tuesday in Gwarinpa, Abuja after a torrential rainfall swept away his car.

His remains had been recovered and deposited at the Kubwa General Hospital morgue.

The APC expressed shock over Akamukalem’s death, describing him as one of its respected leaders.

In a statement on Thursday in Abuja, The National Publicity Secretary of APC, Bolaji Abdullahi, recalled that the late Akamukali was the former National Chairman of the Democratic Peoples Party 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.

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According to the statement, “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.”