VANGUARD
AS anxiety mounts over the reported passing on of the Asagba of Asaba, Obi (Prof.) Chike Edozien, the Palace on Thursday, said the revered traditional ruler was only hospitalized and not dead.
Palace Secretary, Ogbueshi Ndili made this clarification when contacted on telephone.
“His Royal Majesty is only hospitalized. If the worse comes to the worse, we will make it open”, Ndili said.
Similarly, when contacted to respond to the rumours, the member representing Oshimili South Constituency in the State House of Assembly, Bridget Anyafulu said: ” I don’t know anything about that.”
