Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Oborawharievwo Ewhrudjakpo, has reportedly passed away.
Leadership Newspaper confirmed the deputy governor’s death, though the Bayelsa State Government and his family have not yet issued any official statement regarding the circumstances surrounding the incident.
Nigerian Newssphere had earlier reported that Ewhrudjakpo collapsed in his office on Thursday and was rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa.
Ewhrudjakpo, born on September 5, 1965, was a former member of the National Assembly and had served as Bayelsa’s deputy governor since 2020.
His reported death comes just months after he declined to defect with Governor Douye Diri from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
