Three months after resuming office, Nasarawa council chairman slumps during meeting and dies 3 days later

 

The Executive Chairman of Akwanga Local Government Council in Nasarawa State, Emmanuel Leweh, has died after he slumped while having a meeting with his council members at the council Secretariat.

According to reports, Leweh who assumed office three months ago, slumped on Monday, January 10 and was immediately rushed to a private hospital in Abuja where he was receiving medical attention until Thursday, January 13, when he passed on.

A member of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Mr, Samuel Tsebe, who confirmed the death, said; “I lost my elder brother (Hon Emmanuel Joseph Leweh, Executive Chairman of Akwanga LGA) to the cold hand of Death this evening after a brief illness.”

May his soul rest in peace, Amen.