Chairman of the Akwa Ibom State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Ini Okopido, is dead.
A family source informed IbomTelegraph of Okopido’s demise in Uyo on Wednesday.
According to the source, Okopide has been suffering from a protracted illness for some time now and had unsuccessfully undergone surgery.
The family source also said that Ini’s brother, Ime Okopido, a former Minister of Environment in Nigeria who died some months ago is yet to be buried.
The source said this period is a difficult one for the Okopido family, as the departed were the pillars of the family.
Also confirming the incident, the State Deputy Chairman of the party, Dr. Ita Udosen, in a statement said he died in the early hours of today after a brief illness.
“Our hearts are heavy with grief as we mourn with his wife, children and family. This is a very painful death to the whole of the APC family in Akwa Ibom State in particular, and Nigeria as a whole. Our Chairman was a committed and dedicated progressive and Party loyalist whose ideals were inexorably tied to the philosophy of our great Party. He contributed immensely to the growth of the Party in the last two years he’s been Chairman,”” the statement stated,
