Senator Ayogu Eze from Enugu State is reportedly dead. Born in 1958, he was aged 66.
The senator represented Enugu North Senatorial District in the National Assembly.
A source told NewMailNG that Eze, a former Senate spokesman, died in an Abuja hospital after a protracted illness.
According to the source, the late Senator has been down, a situation that made him unable to attend his child’s wedding ceremony held earlier in the year in Lagos State.
He was a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, before he defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, where he ran for the Enugu State governorship election.
In 2007, he was appointed chairman of the Senate Committee on Information and Media, making him the official spokesman of the Senate.
After his reelection to the Senate in 2011, he was appointed chairman of the Committee on Works.
Eze also served as a member of committees on police affairs, national planning, marine transport, and federal character & inter-government affairs.
In May last year, the Senate confirmed the appointment of Eze and five others as Federal Commissioners for Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC.
Meanwhile, President Bola Tinubu has extended his condolences to the Eze family over the passing of Senator Ayogu Eze.
The late politician represented Enugu North Senatorial Zone in the Senate from 2007 to 2015. During his time in the Senate, he held several positions, including Committee Chairman on Information and Media and Chairman of the Committee on Works, among others.
The President also condoles with the friends, associates, and former colleagues of the deceased, including the National Assembly as an institution.
The President prays to God Almighty to grant repose to the souls of the departed and comfort to those in mourning.
