The Ebonyi State Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Wendy Uchechi Okah is dead, Daily Report Nigeria can confirm.
Mrs Okah’s death was announced via a Facebook post by the Special Assistant to Governor David Nweze Umahi on Inter-party and Labour Matters, Mrs. Jennifer Adibe-Nwafor.
According to Mrs Adibe-Nwafor, the late Commissioner died on Friday.
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“So saddened.. one of the women I love…Engr Uchechi Wendy Okah, Hon. Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development to Ebonyi State Governor before her death this morning….she was a hard-working woman and a heroine…we will surely miss you,” Adibe-Nwafor said.
In June 2020, protesters burnt down the country home of Celestine Okah, the husband of the deceased.
The incident occurred at Elugwu Ettam community in the Okpuitumo Ikwo Local Government Area of the state.
Okah was accused of being involved in some criminal activities in the community, which he denied.
