Peremobowei Tobi Tukuwei, the Director of Media and Publicity for the Bayelsa State All Progressives Congress Gubernatorial Campaign Council, has tragically lost his life in a boat mishap.
The incident occurred during the party’s campaign visit to Okoroma in Nembe Local Government Area en route to Ogbia in Ogbia LGA on Wednesday, October 25, 2023.
Despite extensive efforts by marine search parties and relevant authorities, his lifeless body was discovered late on Thursday.
Before his appointment as the media and publicity director of the state APC campaign council for the governorship election scheduled for November 11, 2023, Tukuwei had been associated with Africa Independent Television.
In response to this devastating occurrence, the state APC chairman, Dennis Otiotio, made an announcement on Thursday, suspending the council’s campaigning activities. He said,
“The Bayelsa State APC Governorship Campaign Council wishes to announce the suspension of our campaigns slated for October 26, 2023, at Nembe-Ogbolomabiri and Nembe-Bassambiri. This is due to an unfortunate boat mishap during our campaigns today.
At the moment, a ranking member of staff of our Campaign Council is yet to be accounted for. We have informed relevant authorities, and search parties are on top of the situation.
We will take a day’s break to evaluate the situation before we resume our campaigns on Friday at Ogbolomabiri and Bassambiri before heading to Brass on Saturday and Sunday to conclude the Bayelsa East Campaigns.”
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