The former Senator who represented Enugu North Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Ayogu Eze is dead.
The news of the death has been confirmed through a reliable source.
The Senator who served at the National Assembly between 2007 and 2015 died on Thursday in an Abuja hospital. He died after suffering from a protracted illness. He was aged 66 years.
Recall that Eze spent 8 years in the Senate, and served as Committee Chairman on Information and Media during the first four years. Upon his his reelection in 2011, he was appointed Works Committee Chairman by leadership of the Senate.
Among other committees that the late Senator in the Senate included been a member of Committees on Police Affairs. He also served in the National Planning, Marine Transport and Federal Character & Inter-Government Affairs Committees.
Eze was also member of the Constitution Drafting and Amendment Committee that made some novel changes to Nigeria’s 1999 constitution.
However, the news of the demise of the political heavy weight from Umuiyida Autonomous Community has weighed heavily on the community.
A youth leader from his community, Ikechukwu Eze, while confirming the news, expressed shock. He said he cannot talk now because they are in shock over the sad news.
He described the death of the Senator as a very big loss to the zone and Nigeria in general.
“We heard the sad news. We are mourning him now. His death is a loss to us, the State and Nigeria,” he said.
Senator Ayogu Eze, was born on November, 23 1958 and hailed from Umuiyida Autonomous Community in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area, Anambra State.
He was elected Senator for the Enugu North Senatorial District of Enugu State, Nigeria in 2007. And got reelected in 2011.
