Chairman of the Senate Committee on Education, Senator Uche Chukwumerije, declared Monday that he is alive and in good health, contrary to reports that he has died.
Chukwumerije, a former information minister during the military regime of Ibrahim Babangida, has been in the Senate since June 2003.
A statement issued in Abuja on Monday by Chukwumerije’s Special Assistant, Azuikpe Ogbenna, pointed out that the lawmaker “is neither dead nor incapacitated by stroke.”
“He is alive and has already forgiven those behind this rumour. As a good father that he has always been to his people, he uses this medium to advise them to change from their wicked ways before it becomes too late for them to escape the wrath of the Almighty God who gives and takes away life in accordance to his will.”
Chukwumerije just lost his bid to secure the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for re-election to the Senate the fourth time.
He lost to the former House of Representatives Deputy Majority Leader, Mao Ohuabunwa, who won the December 7 PDP Senate primaries to fly the party’s flag on behalf of the people of Abia North Senatorial District.
Chukwumerije was flown to a hospital in Spain even before the December 7 PDP primary election where he has been receiving treatment for some health issues.
