Ifeanyi Ubah, Senator representing Anambra South district in the National Assembly, has joined eternal race.
His death comes just a few days after the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu passed on.
Senator Ubah was said to have departed Nigeria for the UK, two days ago.
A close family source said he died in a UK hospital where he went for surgery.
He would have been 53 on September 3.
Ubah had defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Young Progressives Party (YPP) last year.
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He was later re-elected into the 10th Senate under the YPP.
The late Senator was billed to seek APC’s ticket ahead of the Anambra State governorship election. A source claimed he made a monetary donation to Anambra APC two days ago.
The CEO of Capital Oil had survived an assassination attempt in September 2022.
The official, who hails from the same community as Mr Ubah, said the senator slumped in London on Friday.
He said the Senator later went into a coma.
“This morning they confirmed to us that he has died,” he said.
The APC chieftain said the deceased had not been healthy, saying his health deteriorated because he had been busy with preparation for his governorship campaign.
The late Senator is survived by his wife, Uchenna, and five children.
