BREAKING: Ekweremadu’s brother slumps, dies

Chief Mathias Ekweremadu, the Commissioner for Transport in Enugu State and elder brother to former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, is dead.

He reportedly died at the Niger Foundation Hospital, Enugu.

A source close to the deceased told News Express that he slumped during a meeting at the State House of Assembly Complex.

He was immediately rushed to the hospital, where doctors on duty confirmed him dead, the source said.

Prior to his appointment as a Commissioner in 2019, Ekweremadu, represented Aninri State Constituency at the State House of Assembly.

He was also the Chairman of Aninri local government on different occasions.