Obituary

Akwaya MP, Hon. Chief Igelle Elias Dies of Undisclosed Illness

Hon. Chief Igelle Elias

The Member of Parliament for Akwaya constituency is no more. Hon. Chief Igelle Elias Terhemen died on Saturday, 14 July 2018, at the University of Jos Teaching Hospital in Nigeria. Sources say he died of an illness.

            His death is the second for an MP from the SW region, after that of Hon. Arthur Ekeke Lysinge of the Buea Urban Constituency.

            Hon. Igelle was the traditional ruler (Ukpam) of Bagundu village in Akwaya sub-division.

            He entered parliament in 2013 for his first mandate. Before his election to parliament he worked at the SW governor’s office in Buea and later as Finance Controller of the Cameroon GCE Board.

            Hon. Igelle was a graduate of the department of journalism and Mass Communication of the Buea University and a diplomate of treasury management from the higher school of administration and magistracy, Enam, Yaounde.

            A fervent Presbyterian Christian,          hon. Igelle was married with children.           

            His funeral program is still awaited.