Late on Monday, news of the disheartening death of Tony Iwelu, the Chief Security Officer of the Honourable Minister for Transportation, Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi filtered into the social media space.


Iwelu reportedly died on Monday morning from an electric shock from a shower hose in his hotel room in Kaduna State. He was in the state with the minister who went to felicitate with Governor Nasiru Elrufai on his birthday

The death of the minister’s aide, who was a senior intelligence officer have been confirmed by Peter Afunanya, spokesperson for the Department of State Security (DSS) on Tuesday.
Having served the Minister since his days as Governor or Rivers State, it was expected that the announcement of the passing of Iwelu, whose face had become associated with the Minister’s presence in gatherings will evoke torrents of condolence messages. So it did, with dignitaries within and outside the Minister’s political family already publishing various sympathy messages on different platforms to condole with the Minister and Iwelu’s immediate family.

However, there are indications from certain quarters that the every energetic and alert CSO never died of electrocution but bullet injuries received from bandits who tried to abduct the minister on Sunday while he tried to board the Abuja-Kaduna train.
Credible sources have now informed the Holygist that Iwelu’s death was attributed to electric shock to divert attention from the failed attack on the minister, an incident the minister had also personally denied on his tweeter account

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