The uncertainty over the health condition of former Vice President Alex Ekwueme has created confusion in the Anambra State.
His younger brother and traditional ruler Oko in Orumba North local government area of Anambra State, Igwe (Prof) Laz Ekwueme, could however not confirm whether his brother was still alive or not. “I am not in a position to tell you anything,” Igwe Ekwueme told Vanguard.
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Pressed further to speak on the health of his brother who is on admission in a private hospital in Enugu, the Monarch said he did not want to talk on the issue. Ekwueme’s daughter, Mrs. Chidi Onyemelukwe, who is the deputy governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the November 18 poll in Anambra State was said to have informed the candidate of PDP, Mr. Oseloka Obaze yesterday morning that her father was still in a critical condition, even as she added that the former vice president was still alive.
Ekwueme’s very close friend, Chief Ben Ezeibe said that they were still waiting for the arrival of the Air Ambulance that would fly the former vice president abroad for treatment as promised by President Muhammadu Buhari.
He said: “I have been in touch with Ekwueme;s younger brother, Professor Obum Ekwueme, who is a surgeon and he did not confirm anything. He is the one handling his brother’s case in Enugu and he is the only person that is in a position to know the former vice president’s condition. “We are still waiting for the Air Ambulance to fly him out.
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