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Senator Ayogu Eze Is Dead

Afnews Editor

Apr 25, 2024

Senator Ayogu Eze Is Dead

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Senator Ayogu Eze from Enugu State is reportedly dead.

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Born in 1958, he was aged 66.

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The Senator represented Enugu North Senatorial District in the National Assembly.

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A source stated that Ayogu Eze, a former Senate spokesman, died in an Abuja hospital after a protracted illness.

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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.

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He was a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, before he defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, where he ran for Enugu State governorship election.

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In the Senate, he was appointed chairman of the senate committee on Information and Media, making him the official spokesman of the senate in 2007.

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After his reelection to the senate in 2011, he was appointed chairman of the committee on works.

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Eze also served as a member of committees on Police Affairs, National Planning, Marine Transport and Federal Character & Inter-Government Affairs.

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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.

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