Gichugu IEBC returning officer collapses and dies Mysteriously. According to the reports from the county returning officer, Jane Gitonga, the late did not have or complain of feeling sick.
The returning officer by the name geoffrey Gitobu has been confirmed dead under mysterious circumstances.
According to the media, the late Geoffrey Gitobu was at the independent electoral and boundaries commission office before coming into contact with his untimely death.
Mr. Gitobu is said to have fell unconscious or collapsed then later reports confirmed that indeed the Independent electoral and boundaries commission official had rested.
The County Returning officer, Jane Gitonga who spoke to the media, stated that the late Goeffrey had visited the family in Nanyuki.
A decision he made after presiding over the general elections in Gichugu constituency, Kirinyaga county.
The county returning officer, Jane Gitonga stated that she spoke to the late Goeffrey Gitobu and requested him to do something for her from the Independent electoral and boundaries commission office in Nanyuki.
She said,”I had sent him to pass by our office in Nanyuki to photocopy for me some documents.”
The independent electoral and boundaries commission, county returning officer stated that while at the IEBC office,he collapsed and rushed to the hospital where the health care providers pronounced him dead.
She said,”It is at that point that he mysteriously collapsed while at the office and was pronounced dead at one of the private health facilities within Nanyuki in which he was rushed.”
Jane Gitonga went ahead to reveal that the late Geoffrey Gitobu was healthy during his time of death. He has never complained of any ailments that could have caused alarm.
Geoffrey Gitobu was 57 years old , working with the independent electoral and boundaries commission as a returning officer before he met his death.
A post mortem is being conducted to shed light on the cause of death.
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Courtesy: The star