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BREAKING: Delta Assembly Lawmaker Slumps, Dies 

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Hon. Kenneth Ogba, member representing Isoko South Constituency I in the Delta State House of Assembly, has been reported dead.

BIGPENNGR understands Hon. Ogba slumped and died at a meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), in Oleh on Sunday evening.

The lawmaker was quickly rushed to Mary Martha hospital, Oleh, headquarters of Isoko South local government area of the state when he slumped but was confirmed dead on arrival.

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Sources disclosed that the lawmaker who reportedly have a history of High Blood pressure may have died of cardiac arrest.

He was said to have been provoked at the meeting resulting to a sudden seizure around 8:pm Sunday night.

A family source who confirmed the death said that the lawmaker’s remain has since been deposited at the Morgan at the Oleh Central hospital.

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His family compound in Oleh was over flooded by constituents who had thronged it in a bid to confirm the story about his demise.

BIGPENNGR gathered that the death is coming barely six months after the demise of the Majority Leader of the House of Assembly and member representing Isoko North constituency, Tim Oghenekome Owhefere who died on January 27, 2021.

 

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