A chieftain of Kogi State People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Kizito Amen, collapsed and died in St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Avurugo in Iglamela/Odolu Local Government Area (LGA) of Kogi State on Palm Sunday, as Easter service was ongoing.
The deceased, a retired civil servant, who hailed from Nokwa, was until his death, the PDP Vice Chairman, Avurugo Ward in Iglamela/Odolu LGA.
A witness said the late Ameh was hale and hearty, as he danced throughout the praise and worship session that preceded the preaching of the day by Revd Father Cornelius Ameh.
The day’s preaching, said the source, centred on death with the clergy urging the congregation to be ever-prepared to meet their creator at any time.
Amen later slumped and died before help could reach him.
His body was taken to a nearby hospital in the village, where Dr. Joseph Iduh, a staff of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Lokoja, who was holidaying at home, pronounced him dead.
The body of the deceased was then taken to the Bishop Shanaham Hospital, Nsukka, in nearby Anambra State, for autopsy.
The Catholic Bishop of Idah Diocese, John Adaji, described his death as shocking, praying that such should not be witnessed again in the community or anywhere else.
As of the time of filing this report, efforts made to confirm the incident from the Kogi State Police Command proved abortive.
Calls to the telephone number of the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. William Aya, went unanswered.
Credit: The Nation
