Umeh, the Lifetime Patron of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), died on Wednesday, April 9, at the age of 64.
Umeh passed away at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (COOUTH) in Amaku-Awka, the Anambra state capital.
According to family sources, the APGA chieftain died just at about 3:20 pm at the hospital’s emergency ward.
Chief Cletus Chibuzor Udebuani, President General of Amichi town union, in Nnewi South local government area (LGA) of Anambra state, where the deceased hailed from, confirmed the development to our correspondent in a telephone chat; describing Umeh’s death as a blow to the community.
The Anambra state chairman of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Ifeatu Obi-Okoye, also confirmed the development to TimesNow.com.ng‘s correspondent.
Meanwhile, Sly Ezeokenwa, the APGA’s national chairman, expressed sadness over Umeh’s death.
Ezeokenwa wrote on X:
In the same vein, the Anambra state government mourned Umeh’s passing.
In a press statement on Wednesday night, April 9, the commissioner for information, Law Mefor, regretted the passing of the deceased, adding that Umeh’s contributions to Anambra state’s growth and development in his time were profound.
The government said:
Earlier, TimesNow.com.ng reported that Edozie Njoku, the former national chairman of APGA, became the new national chairman of the National Rescue Movement (NRM).
The NRM held an emergency national convention, at which the former APGA leader was chosen as the party’s national chairman. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) duly monitored the convention.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
