The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State, Udo Ekpenyong, is dead.

Mr [https://www.polygon.com/users/udoekpenyong1]Ekpenyong[https://www.polygon.com/users/udoekpenyong1] died on Monday in Uyo, an official of the Akwa Ibom government who did not want his name mentioned, told Information Drillers, Tuesday morning.

The official said the chairman died of COVID-19. Information Drillers 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.

Biography of Udo Ekpenyong - Udo Ekpenyong Profile

Obong Udo Ekpenyong was a top notch politician in Akwa Ibom state, he was the chairman of People's Democratic Party, (PDP) Akwa Ibom state chapter. He was the commissioner of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs before being elected chairman of PDP Akwa Ibom state chapter in 2020..

Mr. Udo Ekpenyong has set his career around politics, In the year 2000, he was a political adviser to the then governor of Akwa Ibom state, Obong Victor Attah before being appointed commissioner in Senator Godswill Akpabio's administration.

Late Udo Ekpenyong was born in the 1957 at Ukanufun Local Government, Akwa Ibom state. He has been in politics since the inception of Nigeria's democratic rule.

He died on 18th January, 2021 in Uyo after testing positive of coronavirus at the age of 64.

May his gentle soul rest in peace.

eyaa,rest in peace.....him die live possibly stolen and bribed funds don't quite me I nor well abeg

A good man has gone home.
RIP my honourable commissioner ��

He has been coronalized. May his soul rest in peace