Tragedy As Musician Slumps On Stage, Dies During Wake Keep Of 94-Year-Old Man

By Babatunde Solanke

The unthinkable happened as a musician slumped on his band’s stage on Friday night, some minutes after coming up to perform at a wake keep event for a 94-year-old man.

The sad in happened at Amuzukwu, Umuahia North LGA of Abia State.

The musician named Chika Ofor, after collapsing, allegedly started vomiting and was brought down the stage by some people at the burial. He was eventually helped into his car, marked APR 520 KX.

But in the morning of Saturday, the musician was said to have been discovered dead inside his car.

It was not established if the late singer was suffering from any major health challenge before his death.

But there were allegations on social media that Ofor may have been poisoned through food even before climbing the stage.

The body of the late singer was later evacuated mid morning on Saturday, by his kinsmen from Bende community and some other sympathizers and taken to a mortuary.

As at the time of filing this report, the state police command has yet to comment on the development.