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JUST IN: Former Nigerian Commissioner Is Dead
- A former Nigerian commissioner is dead.
EKOHOTBLOG reports that a former Commissioner for Sports in Abia State, Uche Mpamah, is dead.
The death of the former commissioner was disclosed via a statement by the member representing Ikuwano/Umuahia federal constituency of Abia state in the House of Representatives, Hon Sam Onuigbo, on Sunday.
He, however, described the death of late Mpamah as a huge loss to the people of Abia State.
It was gathered that the ex-commissioner was pronounced dead on Saturday after an undisclosed illness.
EKOHOTBLOG reports that the late Mpamah served as commissioner under the administration of former Governor Theodore Orji now the Senator representing Abia Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly.
The former commissioner hails from Obuohia Obi-Ibere, Ibere clan in the Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State.
Until his death, the late Mpamah was a grassroots and consummate politician.
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He contested for the House of Representatives ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during its 2018 primaries for the Ikwuano/Umuahia federal constituency seat of Abia state.
The late Mpamah was also a one-time elected Chairman of Ikwuano Local Government Area.
He was also the Chairman, Board of Broadcasting Corporation of Abia State, and a former Senior Special Adviser to the Governor of Abia State, Dr. Okezie Victor Ikpeazu.
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