An aspirant on the platform of the Labour Party for the upcoming governorship election in Imo State, Chief Humphrey Anumudu, is dead.
It is said that the Imo LP governorship hopeful died of cardiac arrest after returning from a party meeting in Abuja.
The aspirant for the November 11, 2023 governorship poll died after purchasing the N25 million primaries forms. Sources confirmed the death of the brother of the late Chief Executive Officer of Globe Motors, Chief Willy Anumudu, on Saturday.
According to the sources, the lawyer, who is from Mbieri in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State, was said to have died on Friday in his Lagos home. Anumudu was reported to have flown into Lagos from Abuja after a meeting.
He was reported to have died at about 5:30pm.
A multi-billionaire businessman cum politician, Anumudu has been contesting for the governorship seat of the state since 1998.
He was said to be the true winner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary in the state in 1998 before the ticket was ceded to Achike Udenwa who went on to rule the state between 1999 and 2007.
Since then he had been contesting for the number one seat of the state. In 2019 he was the Zenith Labour Party governorship candidate.
A close friend of the deceased said that he died around 5:30 pm on Friday.
The late politician had already paid the sum of N25 million for Labour Party’s governorship form for the November 11th 2023 guber contest.
Anumudu, a respected legal luminary and an astute politician, was also the Chief Executive Officer of Globe Motors.
He contested for the governorship election in the past under the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).
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