Three months into his tenure, Local Govt Chairman slumps in a meeting, dies in Nasarawa

The chairman of Akwanga Local Government Council in Nasarawa State, Emmanuel Leweh, is dead.

According to reports, Leweh who assumed office three months ago, slumped while having a meeting with his council members at the council Secretariat in Akwanga local government area of the state, on Monday, January 10.

He was immediately rushed to a private hospital in Abuja where he was receiving medical attention until Thursday, January 13, when he passed.

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.