A former Nigerian senator, Ayogu Eze, is useless.
He died on Thursday aged 66.
Mr Eze represented the Enugu North District between 2007 and 2015. He gained his elections and served as a senator on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). However he died a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) having defected to the social gathering in 2018.
The previous senator died Thursday morning in an undisclosed hospital in Abuja after a protracted sickness.
His former media aide, who requested to not be named, confirmed the event to PREMIUM TIMES, Thursday night.
“He (Ayogu Eze) has been sick for a very long time. His present driver and one other of his aide confirmed to me that he died this morning,” he said.
One other supply from Mr Eze’s group mentioned some distant relations of the previous senator had been knowledgeable of the dying.
He mentioned the household will quickly make an official announcement in regards to the dying.
Ayogu Eze at a look
Mr Eze hailed from Umuida, a group in Igbo-Eze North Native Authorities Space of Enugu State, Nigeria’s south-east.
A journalist by coaching and apply, he made his foray into Nigerian politics in 1998 when he contested and emerged the pioneer Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Occasion (PDP) within the state.
By 1999, the then newly elected governor of the state, Chimaroke Nnamani, appointed the politician because the state commissioner for info and tradition.
He would later function particular adviser to the then Governor Nnamani, a place he held till his election into the Nigerian Senate in 2007 beneath the PDP platform.
On the senate, he headed a number of committees.
In 2015, the politician sought to grow to be governor of Enugu State, however was defeated within the PDP main by Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, who ultimately gained within the normal election.
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In 2018, Mr Eze defected to the APC on which platform he sought to contest the 2019 governorship election within the state.
The previous senator solely withdrew from the race after the Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee omitted his title within the remaining listing of candidates participating within the election.
He wished to problem his alleged exclusion from the election at a court docket of legislation, however was prevailed upon by some leaders within the state not to take action.
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