APC BoT member drowns in Abuja flood

A member of the Board of Trustees of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Olisaemeka Akamukalem, died on Tuesday in Gwarinpa, Abuja, after a torrential downpour swept away his car.

 The remains of the 57 year old who hailed from Delta State, was deposited at the Kubwa General Hospital morgue.

The APC  in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, on Thursday said,

 “He was the Director-General of the Rabiu Kwankwaso Presidential Campaign 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 the first interim national auditor, was one of the stabilising forces in the party and he always identified with progressive causes to strengthen the party and ensure unity among members