March 28, (THEWILL) – The lawmaker representing Ideato North Constituency at the Imo state House of Assembly, Arthur Egwim, is dead.
A source familiar with the development said Egwim died on Monday, days after he underwent surgery .
His death was confirmed in a statement issued on Tuesday, by the speaker of the state House of Assembly, Emeka Nduka.
Nduka described the deceased lawmaker as one of the finest brains in the Assembly.
The statement read: “With heavy heart, but with total submission to the will of God, we, the members of Imo State House of Assembly, wish to announce the death of one of our own, a ranking parliamentarian of note and a strong voice in IMHA, Rt. Hon Barr Innocent Arthur Egwim, who until his death he represented Ideato State Constituency, whose sudden death took place on Monday, the 27th of March, 2023 after a brief illness.
“Imo House of Assembly has indeed lost one of its finest and best brains. His demise will for a long time create a vacuum in the House.
“May his gentle soul rest in peace and may God grant his wife and members of his family the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss. We’ll miss him dearly. The burial arrangements will be announced by the family in due course.”
Egwim was elected into the state House of Assembly in 2015 on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and was reelected in 2019 with the Action Alliance party
He was House Committee Chairman on Finance and Public Accounts. Egwim was also the House Committee Chairman on Chieftaincy Affairs and Autonomous Communities and House Committee Chairman on Judiciary.
Arthur Egwim was the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance(APGA) in the Ideato North federal constituency in the 2023 House of representatives election but lost to the PDP candidate, Ugochinyere Imo.
