The ward chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ukanafun Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Marcus has died while sharing N50, 000 donated by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) defectors.
Penpushing reports that the widow while narrating the incident which led to her husband’s death, explained that he fell off his seat while sharing the money, and dismissed claim of violence leading to the death
“The day the incident happened, we left the house together with my husband, but I went somewhere. The day was a meeting with PDP members who defected to the APC – they wanted to decamp that day and get their membership card’, she stated.
“I was at a place I went to until 3 p.m. and called his phone several times, but he didn’t pick up. After some time, I was called to come and I went there, but did not meet him alive. I asked his cousins and ward party members what happened, and they told me that the PDP defectors, before leaving, gave my husband N50,000 to share’, she added
Penpushing further reports that she explained that only ward executives were invited to the meeting, adding that as her husband was sharing the money, someone interrupted, telling him that he should include the youths.
“According to eyewitnesses, my husband told him that youths have been given N10,000, and the man insisted that he would give him too, and my husband agreed to share to him as well’, the widow stated.
“From there, another person broke a bottle at the place, and my husband asked him why he would do that without respecting the elders who were there, and the person apologised to my husband’.
“My husband left the bottle breaker, went back, and continued sharing the money. I am told he had shared the money for two additional persons before falling off his seat. That is exactly how it happened, and nothing else’, said.
“Since my husband became the ward chairperson, he had been given money to share on several occasions, including the ones paid to his account to share, and he has been sharing it without any complaint,”
Penpushing also reports that when asked if her husband had a health challenge before the incident, she said a nurse who ran a test on her husband at a health centre in the community within the week was surprised at her husband’s death.
The widow stated that the nurse said, if her husband had high blood pressure, she would have detected it the day he came for a checkup, adding that she was not suspecting anything , but pointed out that the death was not ordinary
“I am not suspecting anything, but what I know is that his death is not ordinary because he was not sick. He ate very well before leaving the house. I need help to take care of my children. Three are still in secondary school, while the last one is in primary school,” she said.
The late Marcus had five children. Her first daughter has just written the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board Examinations, but there was no money for her school fees, the widow emphasised.
Penpushing reports that the bereaved wife, however, disclosed that the remains of the late ward chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) would be buried on October 10, 2025.
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