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The Special Assistant on Students Matter to Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State, Comrade Sheriff Emeka Eboh Zadok, is dead.

Campus Gist reports that Comrade Zadok died after a brief illness on Tuesday, July 7, 2020.

He died at the Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Amaku, Awka, in Anambra state.

He was appointed Special Assistant to Governor Obiano on Students' Matters in the year 2017.

Zadok was a known student leader and a frontline member of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS).

Campus Gist recalls that Zadok, in 2016, vied for the National President position of NANS but lost to the immediate past president, Aruna Kadiri.

Zadok was a participatory member of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Association of South-East Youth Community Leaders (ASEYC) and Nigeria's Representative at the West African Student's Union (WASU).

He is survived by his immediate family and lovely wife. Comrade Zadok is from Abia State and was President, Umuobasi Youth Association.

In a statement made available to Campus Gist by the Anambra Stakeholders Forum and NANS Zone 'B' stakeholders, they resolved to give the late students' leader a befitting burial.

They also ordered that a condolence be opened at his immediate constituency, NANS Zone 'B' Transport Welfare Office at UNIZIK bus stand temporary site Awka, Anambra State from the 10th to 21st of July, 2020.

The statement announced the formation of a Central Planning Committee and subcommittees to handle all preparations for his burial. The committee has Comrade Chika Nzelu as Chairman and Comrade Chuks Obele as Secretary.

A tentative burial date of July 22 was announced, while the central planning committee is to liaise with the immediate family of the deceased and also carry the family along in every planning/preparation of his funeral rites.

No official statement yet from the Anambra state government, condoling with the bereaved family, as at the time of filing this report.

https://campusgist.com.ng/2020/07/09/special-adviser-on-students-matter-to-anambra-governor-sheriff-dies/

RIP

Rip

Coro....why now?

RIP....

What a painful loss? Rip

Rip young man.

Some fanatics would attach it to superstitions. Mumu people

Get well soon

Too bad... shit happens. but life goes on

E b like say Coro wan overtake from Boko Haram oh na where e just start from dey different

They have back dis one

Pathetic

Twenci Twenci

Rip

NCDC wetin kill am?

2020 sef

bad jus too bad and it seems he jus got married...
r.i.p bro, wish u well in your afterlife.... #alutacontinua..

Corona why?

Coro I thot you promised me that you will only have eyes for the 60 and above?

What went wrong?

Why don't you want to keep your promises to me anymore?

Coro why?

Chai! This is sad. With his young wife. Rip.

rest on for death is so certain

State001:
The Special Assistant on Students Matter to Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State, Comrade Sheriff Emeka Eboh Zadok, is dead.

Campus Gist reports that Comrade Zadok died after a brief illness on Tuesday, July 7, 2020.

He died at the Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Amaku, Awka, in Anambra state.

Elslim:
Get well soon

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rip

R.I.P Comrade Emeka.

2020, after you, na you! Have mercy on us the poor masses... biko! RIP to the dead.

This 2020 no too balance Sha.

I cried so hard after hearing this some days back. To the best of my knowledge, he was a good man. May his soul rest in peace.

Coro?

ovoko...rip

And what's that lady's pic doing there? So no one knows how to 'crop' pictures anymore?

God has personally selected him to be his special Assistant on Nigeria Matters. RIP Sir