The Agona West constituency Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Emmanuel Korley, has died.

The 45-year-old politician passed on Wednesday.

According to reports, Mr Korley, popularly known as ‘K. K.’ has been battling a chronic disease for some time now.

He was rushed to the Swedru Government Hospital Wednesday, December 29, 2021, but died around 3 am.

Aside from politics, the late NDC scribe was also a Biology teacher at the Swedru School of Business (SWESBUS).

Since the news of his demise broke, supporters of both NDC and the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) have united in mourning the late Mr Korley.

According to the NDC’s constituency Communication Officer, Abdul-Wahab Munkaila, the deceased has been deposited at the Swedru hospital morgue.

He said, “details of his funeral arrangements will be officially communicated after his one-week observation to be announced by the family”.

He described Mr Korley’s death as a great loss to his family, the great NDC as a political party and SWESBUS, where he has tutored for more than a decade.

In a tribute, an NPP Communicator, David Essandoh, popularly known as ‘Sam Toys’, said, “it is hard for me to make this post sir, May your gentle soul rest in perfect peace.