Mr Sunday Agwu, an appointee of Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State, has been declared dead after being involved in an auto accident in the state on Sunday, Christmas Day. It was gathered that Agwu who at the time of his death was the Coordinator of Ishielu Development Centre in Ishielu Local Government Area of state, died in the accident, allegedly due to excessive speeding. Agwu reportedly died on Monday morning while receiving treatment in an undisclosed hospital in the state.
For the residents of Obeagu Community in the Ishielu local government area of Ebonyi state, life is brutish, hard and unforgiving. Their daily existence typifies a state of nature where life is bestial and short with the daily struggle for survival as a permanent feature. Obeagu, a boundary community shared by Ebonyi and Enugu states with over 10,000 population has no access road or health facility, either public or private. It has no potable water, functional primary and secondary school or electricity.