Ex-Delta Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan Passes Away

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Former Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, has died at the age of 72.

​His passing was announced on Monday, October 19, 2026, in an official family statement signed by Toju Anire Uduaghan.

​Uduaghan served as the executive governor of Delta State from May 2007 to May 2015. Prior to his tenure as governor, he served as the State Commissioner for Health from 1999 to 2003, and subsequently as the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) from 2003 to 2007 under the administration of Chief James Ibori.

​Describing his transition as a profound loss to the family, Delta State, and the nation at large, the family expressed gratitude for his life and decades of dedicated public service to humanity.