By Bayo Etema, Uyo
The lawmaker representing Oron, Udung Uko, Mbo, Okobo and Urue Offong/Oruko Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Nse Ekpenyong, is dead.
He is suspected to have died of heart attack.
Ekpenyong, who was serving his second term in the House of Representatives died on Saturday at the age of 58.
The Chairman of Mbo Local Government Area, Hon. Asuqwo Eyo, who confirmed the death to journalists, said the federal lawmaker was not ill.
The late Ekpenyong hails from Mbo local government area of Akwa Ibom State.
He is a former member of Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly and a former deputy chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa lbom State.
Before joining politics, he served as the Managing Director of Based/Investment Trust Co Nigeria Ltd and later the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Brule Integrated Nigeria Ltd.
In 2017, he was arraigned at the Federal High Court, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegations of certificate forgery.
Some of his political allies in Oron have declined to comment on his death at the moment.
