Tragedy struck at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Avurugo in Iglamela/Odolu Local Government Area of Kogi state on Palm Sunday when a chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Kizito Amen, collapsed and died in the church during the service.
The deceased, a retired civil
servant, who hailed from Nokwa, was until his death, the PDP vice
chairman, Avurugo Ward in Iglamela/Odolu LGA.
An eyewitness 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 the Revd
Father Cornelius Ameh.
The day’s preaching said the source,
centered on death, with the clergy urging the congregation to be ever
prepared to meet their creator at any time.
It was when the sermon was on that Ameh reportedly slumped and died before help could reach him.
The
body of the late Ameh was said to have been taken to a nearby hospital
in the village where Dr Joseph Iduh, a staff of Federal Medical Centre
(FMC) Lokoja, who is from the village and holidaying at home, was said
to have pronounced him dead.
The body of the deceased was later taken to the Bishop Shanaham Hospital, Nsukka in nearby Anambra State, for autopsy.
The
Catholic Bishop of Idah Diocese, John Adaji described the death as
shocking and prayed that such should not be witnessed again in the
community or anywhere else.
Efforts to confirm the incident from the Kogi State Police Command proved abortive.
Calls to the mobile phone of the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. William Aya, went unanswered.
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