Enugu State Commissioner for Transport, Matthias Ekweremadu, is dead.
Ekweremadu was said to have died on Thursday, afer he slumped during his ministry’s budget defence before the Enugu House of Assembly committee on transport.
He was reportedly rushed to the Niger Foundation hospital, where he was later confirmed dead.
Ogbuagu Anike, the immediate past Commissioner for Information in Enugu, confirmed the death of the commissioner.
The deceased is a cousin to Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy senate president.
The late Ekweremadu had served as chairman of Aninri local government council, and was elected to the Enugu state house of assembly in 2015.
He became the chief whip of the assembly, after which he was appointed by Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, governor of Enugu, as commissioner for transport in 2019.
