Former Nigerian senator, Ayogu Eze has passed away.
Ayogu died on Thursday aged 66.
Mr Eze represented the Enugu North District between 2007 and 2015. He won his elections and served as a senator on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). But he died a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) having defected to the party in 2018.
The former senator died Thursday morning in an undisclosed hospital in Abuja after a protracted illness.
His former media aide, who asked not to be named, confirmed the development to newsmen, Thursday evening.
“He (Ayogu Eze) has been sick for a long time. His current driver and another of his aide confirmed to me that he died this morning,” he stated.
Another source from Mr Eze’s community said some distant family members of the former senator had been informed of the death.
He said the family will soon make an official announcement about the death.
