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Imo LP Guber Aspirant, Humphrey Anumodu Is Dead
A gubernatorial aspirant of the Labour Party LP ahead of the November 11 election, Humphrey Anumodu is dead.
Excel Ochiama, Imo LP’s deputy chair, said Anumodu died on Friday night at his residence in Lagos.
Ochiama said the deceased had purchased the party’s nomination form for the upcoming governorship election in Imo and had filled and returned it to the secretariat.
It is said that the Imo LP governorship hopeful died of cardiac arrest after returning from a party meeting in Abuja.
However, the family is yet to make an official announcement.
Anumodu, who hails from Obilubi Obazu Mbieri in Mbaitoli LGA of Imo, was a three-time gubernatorial contender in the state.
He contested in 2019 under the platform of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) and finished sixth with 3,999 votes.