50-year-old man slumps, dies at House of Reps., as Minister Chris Ngige shuts down death rumour

A 50-year-old, yesterday, slumped and died at the House of Representatives wing of the National Assembly. The deceased’s identity was not known at press time,and he reportedly slumped at the third floor of the House of Representatives about 10a.m. This is just as an online publication has said that it was the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, had slumped at the National Assembly during his ministry’s budget defence. Meanwhile, the minister, on his Facebook account, debunked the death rumour, saying he is hale and hearty. Ngige wrote on his Facebook wall, through his Personal Assistant, Nwachukwu Ngige that: “Dear friends, please disregard the wicked tissue of lies contained in an online publication about an unfortunate incident said to have taken place today at the National Assembly and in which I was said to have been involved.”