JUST IN: Chukwuma Onuekwusi, Channels TV State House correspondent is dead

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Chukwuma Onuekwusi, Channels Television’s State House Correspondent, is dead.

The veteran journalist died in the early hours of Tuesday at a private hospital in Abuja.

Chukwuma Onuekwusi joined Channels TV in 1998 and has covered several beats before he was seconded to the Presidential Villa.

A graduate of the University of Nigeria Nsukka, Onuekwusi also worked at Imo Broadcasting Corporation, Owerri.

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