The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State, Udo Ekpenyong, is dead.
He passed on in the early hours of Tuesday from COVID-19 complications.
This was disclosed by an official of the Akwa Ibom State government who asked to be anonymous.
Ekpenyong, who was a known ally of the state Governor, Udom Emmanuel, was the commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in the state before he emerged as the state PDP chairman last year.
