Akwa Ibom State PDP Chairman, Udo Ekpenyong, is dead
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State, Udo Ekpenyong, is dead.
Ekpenyong died on Monday in Uyo, the State capital.
Source said that the chairman died of COVID-19 but Newsflash247 is yet to independently verify this information.
Late Mr Ekpenyong, before his election as the state PDP chairman last year was the commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in the state.
He was known to be a strong ally of Governor Udom Emmanuel.
Akwa Ibom State lost two other prominent figures recently, a former Chief of Air Staff, Nsikak Edouk who died of renal failure, and a former military governor of the state, Idongesit Nkanga who died of COVID-19.
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