By Our Correspondent
The Former Deputy Speaker of Anambra State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Harford Oseke is dead.
Oseke died after collapsing during his routine exercise at Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka. He was pronounced dead after frantic efforts to revive him when he collapsed failed, his body was later deposited at Apex Medical Centre in Awka.
The former Deputy Speaker was born August 1960, hails from Umuawulu in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State. He studied law and recently completed his Ph.D. in Public Administration. Apart from his academic pursuits, Oseke was a self-made man and actively engaged in the freight forwarding business in Port Harcourt and was also involved in the importation of fishing feeds. His political career saw him aligning with All Progressives Grand Alliance APGA, where he contested for State House of Assembly election during the tenure of Mr Peter Obi, subsequently becoming the Majority Leader and later serving as the Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly. In a bid to represent Awka North and South Local Government Areas in the House of Representatives, Hon. Oseke equally contested an election but was defeated by the late Rt. Hon. Anayo Nnebe. Rt. Hon. Oseke, was a knight of St. Christopher and he is survived by his wife and children.
