Flood drowns APC Board of Trustees Member in Abuja

57 years old member of the Board of Trustees for All Progressive Congress, Olisaemeka Akamukalem is dead following drowning in the flood in Abuja.

Olisaemeka Akamukalem who hails from Delta state is said to have died after his car was swept off by a torrential rainfall.

Olisaemeka was the Chairman of the Democratic Peoples Party in 2013, the Director-General of Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso Campaign for President and also served as a member of the APC Presidential Campaign Committee that led to the successful election of President Mohammed Buhari.

His body has since been recovered and deposited in the morgue, Punch reports.

Speaking on this, the APC National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi said:

He was the Director-General of Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso Campaign for President and thereafter served as a 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.Sadly, the late Akamukali has left us at a critical time when he was needed to contribute to nation building and the implementation of the APC Change Agenda.

Sadly, the late Akamukali has left us at a critical time when he was needed to contribute to nation building and the implementation of the APC Change Agenda. We, however, take solace knowing that the late Party chieftain lived a fulfilled and impactful life during his time on earth