Imo Lawmaker dies in Lagos after surgery
Imo Lawmaker, Arthur Egwim has been reported dead in Lagos after undergoing a surgery in Lagos.
The Punch correspondent gathered that the Imo Lawmaker died after he underwent a surgery in Lagos.
Until his death, he was the member representing Ideato North Constituency at the state House of Assembly.
Arthur Egwim was first elected into the state House of Assembly in 2015 on the platform of the All Progressives Congress and was reelected in 2019 with the Action Alliance party.
Also, he contested the House of Representatives seat in the just-concluded National Assembly elections under the platform of All Progressives Grand Alliance but failed.
He fell ill recently and underwent surgery but died afterwards, a source who doesn’t want to be mentioned confided in our correspondent on Monday night.
Furthermore, before his death, Arthur was lawyer by profession, the deceased was a vocal voice in the eight and night assemblies of the state parliament
Meanwhile, the speaker of the state House of Assembly, Emeka Nduka, has described as shocking Egwim’s death.
In a statement he personally issued on Tuesday, the speaker described Egwim as one of the finest brains among the 27 lawmakers.
“Imo House of Assembly has indeed lost one of its finest and best brains. His demise will for a long time create a vacuum in the House.
“May his gentle soul rest in peace and may God grant his wife and members of his family the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss. We’ll miss him dearly.The burial arrangements will be announced by the family in due course.
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