Tuesday, 15 July 2014

Abia state losses commissioner!

Abia state Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr. Ken Nwosu, has reportedly passed away following injuries he sustained from a gruesome attack by gunmen on Thursday, July 10,  2014.

Information revealled the commissioner passed away on Tuesday, July 15, 2014 in a hospital in Abia state where he was receiving treatment.

The news of his death was made known to The Trent by the states commissioner of information and strategy, Chief Eze Chikamnayo, who said the state is mourning the death of a “very good gentle man, an Agric Expert and astute administrator.”

Nwosu was a world class entomologist, an accomplished Agro researcher and former executive director, Nigerian Root Crops Research Institute (NRCI) Umudike, Abia State.
News says that some unknown gunmen shot him on his way home from the office on  July 10, 2014 but didn’t disposes him. He was subsequently rushed to the Abia State Specialist Hospital where a team of Medical Experts operated on him.
Nwosu appeared to have survived the attacked after some surgical procedure was carried out on him. For couple of days, while the doctors were waiting for him to be stabilized before further post surgery care, his wife and other family were with him in the hospital.
He received and spoke well to visitors including the state governor, Theodore Orji and his family that visited him on two occasions in the hospital.
The commissioner of information and strategy in a statement assures the citizens of Abia continuous protection of lives and property as the state will stop at nothing to get those behind the evil act that led to the death of Nwosu.
May his soul RIP.

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