NiDCOM Mourns ‘Shocking’ Demise Of Nigerian Doctor, Wife In US

The chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa has described the death of a US-based Nigerian medical doctor, Dr Ben Okigbo and his wife, Theresa, in Houston ‘as shocking and depressing’.

Dabiri-Erewa in a statement signed by Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Head, Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit of NiDCOM in Abuja, said the commission condoled with the family of the deceased particularly the children and the Nigerian community in the US.

Okigbo and his nurse wife, Theresa, were found dead in their Sugar Land, Texas home on Friday morning, according to the police.

“NiDCOM will continue to monitor police investigations into the unfortunate incident,” the statement said.

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