Senate confirms death of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah

Senate spokesperson Yemi Adaramodu has confirmed the death of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, who represented Anambra South.

Senator Ubah, who recently defected from the Young Progressives Party (YPP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), died in a London hotel two days after leaving Nigeria.

Ubah, who contested the 2014 Governorship election in Anambra State under the Labour Party (LP), died at the age of 52, reportedly from cardiac arrest.

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Petroleum Downstream was in London to attend his son’s graduation.