Rivers lawmaker loses wife 72 hours after loss of colleague

By Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt

A member of the Rivers State House of Assembly Hon. representing Ikwere State Constituency Prince Nyeche, has lost his wife, Mrs Jane Nyeche.

The circumstances leading to her demise were not known at the time of writing this story.

The death of the wife of the lawmaker has further thrown members of the Rivers Assembly into deep mourning as the news of her demise came barely 72 hours after the death of their colleague, Dinebari Loolo,

Loolo, a Lawyer, and member representing Khana State Constituency Two, died on Monday.

Mrs Jane Nyeche, until her death, was the Senior Special Assistant, SSA, to Dr. Samuel Nwanosike, the Chairman of the Ikwerre Local Government Council area of Rivers State.

In a condolence message to her husband and family, the Nwanosike expressed sadness over the untimely death of Mrs. Nyeche.

Nwanosike described the death of his SSA as very devastating and a great loss to Ikwerre LGA and to her family.

He urged the husband of the deceased, Hon. Nyeche, who served as Secretary of Ikwerre Local Government Council under his administration and currently represents Ikwerre Constituency at the Rivers State House of Assembly, to take solace in the Lord.

The Ikwerre Council Chairman noted that the hearts of the good people of the LGA were with Nyeche and his family and that the Council would do everything humanly possible to accord the deceased a befitting burial.

Meanwhile, sympathizers have been paying condolence visits to the Nyeche family. One of the early callers was Obinna Anyanwu, Chairman of Etche Local Government Council.