Abia State Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr. Ken Nwosu a World Class Entomologist, an accomplished Agro Researcher and former Executive Director, Nigerian Root Crops Research Institute (NRCI) Umudike Abia State who was shot by gunmen suspected to be hired killers is dead.
He died in the early hours of Tuesday, July 15.
It would be recalled that gunmen believed to be assassins shot Nwosu on his way home from the office on July. They did not dispossess him of any valuables. Thereafter, he was rushed to the Abia State Specialist Hospital where a team of Medical Experts operated on him.
A statement by the Honourable Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Chief Eze Chikamnaya, said “Dr. Nwosu appeared to have survived the attacked after some surgical procedure was carried out on him. For couple of days, while the Doctors were waiting for him to be stabilized before further post-surgery care, Dr. Ken’s wife and other family were with him in the hospital. He received and spoke well to visitors including the Governor and his family that visited him on two occasions in the Hospital.
“However, we were deeply shocked to hear the news of his death this morning the 15th day of July 2014.
“On behalf of the Abia State Government, It is with deep sense of grief that I announce the death Dr. Ken Nwosu, the Commissioner for Agriculture Abia State. Abia State Government is mourning! We are mourning the death of a very good gentle man, an Agric Expert and astute administrator.
“The Government of Abia State will like to use this moment to assure its citizens of continuous protection of lives and property in the State as the State will stop at nothing to get those behind the evil act that led to the death of the Honourable Commissioner”.