Augustine Alugbala Nwazunku, the former leader of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi State, passed away.
Nwazunku, who contested the governorship in the 2023 general elections as a candidate for governor, served until his death as an associate professor and consultant on environmental health at Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Awka, Anambra State.
His death was confirmed by Channels Television’s (TV) obtained by Senator Paulinus Igwenwagu, the party’s Deputy Governorship candidate for the 2023 elections, in a statement released on Thursday.
In honor of our own, all meetings and any other activities are suspended on Saturday, June 28, 2025.
The statement read, “We are invited to assemble at the Aristocrat Hotel along Ezza Road for onward movement to pay a condolence visit to the family and pray for his soul.”
Anyanwu: The PDP Constitution forbids the NEC to elect and remove national officers and chieftains.
We hereby inform you that we have lost one of us, former caretaker chairman of our party in Ebonyi State, Professor Augustine Nwazunku, on behalf of our leader, H. E. Dr. Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii, and the entire Ebonyi PDP, “it added.
Source: Channels TV
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