Chukwunonye Irouno, Labour Party candidate for Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State House of Assembly is dead.

The popular master of ceremony in Owerri and also a former Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs and Entertainment to a former governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha, passed away on Monday night December 5th, at his residence in Owerri.

Irouno who was selected as the official MC for Peter Obi's rally in Owerri on Tuesday, December 6, died after he and other Labour chieftains finished inspecting Kanu Nwankwo sports stadium in Owerri.

Kingsley Onunuju, chairman of the local organizing committee for the rally confirmed his death.

The crowd erupted in shouts after Onunuju announced the death of Irouno. He then asked for a minute of silence in his honor.

May his soul rest in peace