Mathias Ekweremadu
By Our Reporter
Friends and wellwishers are currently mourning the demise of Chief Mathias Ekweremadu, the Commissioner of Transport in Enugu State who died after slumiping during an interaction with the Enugu State House of Assembly Committee on Transport led by a member representing Enugu East Rural constituency, Mr Hillary Ugwu.
The deceased, who is the cousin of the immediate past Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, died in Niger Foundation Hospital, Enugu, where he was rushed to treatment on Thursday.
Prominent politicians in Enugu State have started paying tributes to the deceased.
The late Ekweremadu was a two term Chairman of Aninri Local Government Area and a former member representing Aninri constituency in the Enugu State Assembly