Reports are reaching us that Ime Umanah, a popular businessman and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom state, has died.
According to unconfirmed reports, Umanah died in a car accident in Owerri, the capital of Imo state.
Expressing his condolences to the family of the deceased and the people of the state, Atuekong Don Etiebet, the former petroleum minister, said that Umanah’s death was a big loss to Akwa Ibom state and to Nigeria.
“The news, last night (Monday), that Dr. Ime Umanah was dead hit me so severely that I lost my senses, developed a headache, runny stomach and refused to believe it. I embarked on verification investigations till midnight when finally Hon. Akanimoh Edet, his close ally, said he had actually seen the body at an Owerri hospital and was arranging to take it home.
“It was shedding of tears, very devastating, hurtful and incomprehensible that Dr. Ime Sampson Umanah should die in an accident. It is one too many of our revered leaders and frontline outspoken politicians, particularly from Abak-Five, who have died within a year,” he said.
However, contrary to reports that Umanah died in a car accident, Ita Awak, the APC chieftain and a former Commissioner for Information, alleged that he was was killed deliberately for political motives.
According to unconfirmed reports, Umanah died in a car accident in Owerri, the capital of Imo state.
Expressing his condolences to the family of the deceased and the people of the state, Atuekong Don Etiebet, the former petroleum minister, said that Umanah’s death was a big loss to Akwa Ibom state and to Nigeria.
“The news, last night (Monday), that Dr. Ime Umanah was dead hit me so severely that I lost my senses, developed a headache, runny stomach and refused to believe it. I embarked on verification investigations till midnight when finally Hon. Akanimoh Edet, his close ally, said he had actually seen the body at an Owerri hospital and was arranging to take it home.
“It was shedding of tears, very devastating, hurtful and incomprehensible that Dr. Ime Sampson Umanah should die in an accident. It is one too many of our revered leaders and frontline outspoken politicians, particularly from Abak-Five, who have died within a year,” he said.
However, contrary to reports that Umanah died in a car accident, Ita Awak, the APC chieftain and a former Commissioner for Information, alleged that he was was killed deliberately for political motives.
