Mr Chukwuma Onuekwusi, Channels Television State House correspondent in Abuja is dead. He was 55.

Onuekwusi, according to a statement issued by the television house, died in a private hospital in Abuja.

Read Channels’ TV statement on the death of the reporter below.

”The Management and Staff of Channels Television wish to announce the passing away of Chukwuma Onuekwusi, our State House Correspondent.

He died at a private hospital in Abuja, in the early hours of Tuesday.

He has covered several beats on Channels Television before he was seconded to cover the Presidential Villa as the State House correspondent.

An excellent reporter who joined Channels Television from 1998, he showed great passion for his job.

A perfect gentleman and a great family man, Mr Onuekwusi was a graduate of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

He also worked at the Imo Broadcasting Corporation, Owerri.

He died at the age of 55 and is survived by his wife and children.