By Nicholas Ojo
Pharm. Ejikeme Omeje, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for Nsukka/Igbo-Eze South Federal Constituency is dead.
It was learnt that Omeje was driving alone along the Erina-Edem Ani road in Nsukka, when he suddenly lost control and his car veered into the bush, hitting a tree in the process.
The Honourable was said to have been rushed to the hospital but later died early Tuesday morning as a result of serious injuries sustained in the accident.
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Confirming the incident, a chieftain of the APC in Nsukka local government noted that his remains has been deposited to the morgue.
“Its true, one of our best is gone. He died last night in a fatal accident along Erina Road. His body has been deposited to the mortuary,” the party Chieftain said.
Also confirming the incident, the State Secretary of the APC in Enugu State, Mr. Robert Ngwu, described it as shocking.