Enugu Lawmaker, Chijioke Ugwueze is dead; cause of Death revealed

Honourable Chijioke Ugwueze is dead. The member representing Isi-Uzo Constituency in the Enugu State House of Assembly, reportedly died after a cardiac arrest.

The death of the lawmaker came three days after the death of the Chairman of Nsukka Local Government Area, Chief Patrick Omeje.

Confirming his death to NaN,  the immediate younger brother of the deceased, Mr Ejike Ugwueze said his brother died of heart failure.

Ugwueze said that the late brother, who was 49 years old, was hypertensive before now and complained symptoms of malaria on Friday morning.

According to him, the late lawmaker was rushed to a private hospital in Enugu on Friday morning and was later transferred to Enugu state Teaching Hospital Parklane, where he died in the evening.

“The brother’s death was so painful and great shock to the family. He has created a big vacuum that only God can fill. He is our breadwinner.

“We, the family members, are confused on where to start from because my brother died when we are still planning on how to bury our father, who is still in the mortuary and now Chijioke has joined him”, Ejike lamented.

Reacting to his death, one of his colleagues and member representing Enugu East Rural Constituency, Mr Hillary Ugwu, described the death of Late Ugwueze as a ‘great loss’ to the seventh Assembly.