Nigerian Senator is dead

A Nigerian senator representing Enugu North District of Enugu State, Senator Okey Ezea has been reported dead on Tuesday at a private hospital in Lagos State.

Penpushing reports that the first son of the federal lawmaker Jideofor Ezea, made this known in a statement on Wednesday on behalf of the family, adding that his deceased father was 62, who passed on after a brief illness

‘With profound grief, the family of Distinguished Senator Okey Ezea, who represented Enugu North Senatorial District in the 10th Senate, announces his passing’, the statement read.

Penpushing further reports that the bereaved son appealed to Nigerians to commit the bereaved family in prayers during this difficult time, adding that until his death he remained the only federal lawmaker from Enugu State elected on the Labour Party (LP) platform in 2023

“Until his passing, he remained the only federal lawmaker from Enugu State elected on the Labour Party platform in 2023 who, on principle, refused to defect to the ruling party – standing firm against the pressure to ditch the party that sponsored him to the Senate’, he said.

Penpushing also reports that Ezea was born on August 11, 1963, hailed from Itchi, a community in Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area of Enugu State, and started his political career in 2007 when he unsuccessfully contested in the Enugu State governorship election of that year under the platform of the Labour Party (LP).

The deceased again unsuccessfully contested in the Enugu state’s governorship election in 2015 under the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC), and in 2018, the then-President Muhammadu Buhari appointed him as the Chairman of Governing Board, Federal Medical Centre in Jalingo, Taraba State.

Penpushing reports that he held the position until 2022 before resigning to rejoin the Labour Party (LP) and was subsequently elected senator for Enugu North District during the 2023 general election under the Labour Party (LP’s) platform.

The late Senator defeated the then-Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State during the senatorial election in the district in 2023.

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