While Okonkwo reportedly died in the United States on Thursday from battle with a terminal illness at 63, Akinmoyode was said to have died on Monday in Lagos, also battling a terminal sickness. He was aged 60.
A statement on Friday by Oguwike Nwachuku, the Chief Press Secretary and Media Adviser to Governor Uzodimma, said his principal received with shock the death of both gentlemen who were personally known to him and said his prayers are with their families.