Former spokesman of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as the chairman of the Senate Committee Chairman on Information and Media, and the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2015 gubernatorial election, Senator Ayogu Eze is dead.
The Senator, who represented the people Enugu North Senatorial District, between June 2007 and June 2015, preceded by late Senator Fidelis Okoro and was succeeded by Senator Utazi Chukwuka.
He reportedly died on Thursday in an Abuja hospital at the age of 66 after suffering from an undisclosed illness, multiple media sources said.
He was a member of the Constitution Drafting and Amendment Committee that made some novel changes to Nigeria’s 1999 constitution.
After his reelection to the senate in 2011, he was appointed chairman, Senate Committee on Works.
The late Senator also served as a member of committees on Police Affairs, National Planning, Marine Transport and Federal Character & Inter-Government Affairs.
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