Chukwunonye was also the founding chairman of the Imo State Entertainment and Carnival Commission.
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Labour Party has been thrown into a state of mourning.
This followed the death of Mr Irouno Chukwunonye, the Labour Party’s (LP) House of Assembly Candidate for Okigwe, Imo State.
Chukwunonye, it was gathered, slumped on Monday evening and was confirmed dead in the early hours of Tuesday.
He was a former Senior Special Assistant on Entertainment to Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State and a member of the Obi-Yusuf Datti Presidential Campaign Council.
Chukwunonye was also the founding chairman of the Imo State Entertainment and Carnival Commission.
The late politician was scheduled to anchor Peter Obi’s presidential rally in Owerri today, Tuesday.