The death has been announced of former Deputy Governor of Imo State, Chief Ebere Udeagu. He was aged 79. According to sources, the late Udeagu, a Water Engineer, died in the early hours of yesterday, in Owerri, after a brief illness.

He was deputy to former Governor Achike Udenwa from 1999 to 2007. He hailed from Ihube, Okigwe Council of Imo State. As at the time of filing this report, details of his death were sketchy.