Former SSA To Rochas Okorocha, Irouno Dies

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Former Senior Special Assistant and Public Affairs and Entertainment to  Rochas Okorocha, former governor of Imo State, and the Labour Party (LP) candidate for Okigwe Local Government Area House of Assembly, Chukwunonye Irouno, is dead

Irouno, who was supposed to be the official MC for the Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Mr. Peter Obi’s rally in Owerri slated for Tuesday died affer he and other Labour chieftains had finished inspecting Kanu Nwankwo Sports Stadium in Owerri, the venue for Obi’s campaign rally in the state.

Sources close to The9JaTREND revealed that the Labour Party House of Assembly candidate died few minutes he arrived his Owerri’s Residence.

“Irouno has died. He just returned to his house and asked his wife to prepare dinner for him. He went inside his bedroom to freshen up. On getting to his bed, he started behaving funny.

“His children couldn’t understand his action. They went to the kitchen to call their mother. Before his wife could rush to the bedroom, he was dead.

“This is unbelievable. This was a man who was supposed to take charge of the proceedings during the Labour Party presidential rally in Owerri. He died few minutes after asking his wife to prepare food for him,” the source said.

Irouno’s death nearly disrupted the LP campaign rally in Owerri on Tuesday.

Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee for the rally, Kingsley Onunuju, immediately announced his death and called for a minute silence in his honour, the crowd exploded in shouts.