Christopher Uche, Yenagoa
The former Bayelsa state People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman, Col. Sam Inokoba (Rtd) who recently defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) was reportedly dead.
Inokoba who has bought form to contest the Bayelsa state Governorship election under the plat form of All Progressives Congress was said to have slumped in his hotel room in Lagos last night after attending a meeting.
The news of his sudden death came as a rude shock to his close associates in Yenagoa, the state capital, this morning as it was being discussed in hush tones among members of the APC.
It will be recalled that this is the third time the late Inokoba has slumped, last week he was reported to have slumped at an APC stakeholders meeting in Nembe. The report was denied by Inokoba and his political associates. In the report, Inokoba was said to be receiving regular financial support from the Bayelsa State Government to facilitate his frequent medical treatment abroad.
Inokoba, aged 67 was reported to have procured his Expression of Intent and Nomination Forms at the APC secretariat in Abuja to contest the Governorship election primaries of the Party.
According to his Son, Waripamo Inokoba, “my father slumped at about 2am in the early hours of Wednesday and was confirmed dead before he was taken to the hospital.Some of our people are on their way to Lagos to bring back his corpse.”
The Inokoba family,in a statement signed by the deceased Elder Brother, Clee Inokoba and First Son, Waripamowei Inokoba,confirmed the incident.
A visit to the home of the deceased witnessed mournful faces of political associates and family members who claimed the Former PDP Chairman may have died of food poisoning, while others claimed that the deceased Chairman’s health was frail and should have gone on a deserved holiday devoid of political activities.
