A former Deputy Speaker of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon. Hartford Oseke, is dead.
Hon. Oseke was said to have slumped and died during a routine exercise at the Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka, Anambra State.
Reports indicate that he collapsed and was rushed to Apex Hospital Awka in an attempt to revive him, but unfortunately, he passed away before medical intervention could succeed.
At Oseke’s country home in Umuawulu, Awka South Local Government Area, relatives were seen in deep mourning, with many remaining too grief-stricken to comment publicly on the tragedy.
Members of the State House of Assembly, who had served alongside Oseke, paid tribute to him as both a colleague and a unifying force within the Assembly.
One member, who preferred to remain unnamed, described Oseke as a “good man” and a “uniting force” during his tenure in the Assembly.
“I cannot make an official statement for now because it is left for the Speaker of the Assembly to do that, and you know that Oseke was his set at the Assembly,” the member told New Telegraph.
“But all that I can say is that he was a good man and a uniting force while he was at the hallowed chambers of the State Assembly,” he added.
Hon. Oseke served two terms in the Anambra State House of Assembly, representing the Awka South 2 State Constituency.
During his second term, he served as the Deputy Speaker of the state legislative body.