The immediate past Deputy Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Enema Paul, is dead.
The Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Aliyu Yusuf, confirmed the death in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mohammed Yabagi, on Saturday.
Yusuf said that Paul died of an undisclosed illness at an Abuja private hospital in the early hours of Saturday.
The Speaker described the deceased as a friend, temperate, humble, team-playing, committed lawmaker, and public servant.
He said, the former Deputy Speaker was a man who exemplified commitment to the unity of the state, having demonstrated a genuine desire to enhance pro-people legislation for overall development.
He noted that the late Enema Paul was also a devoted Christian who saw beyond religion and whose godliness and commitment to family values were unquestionable.
The Speaker prayed to God to grant the immediate family and members of the current and immediate past Assembly the fortitude to bear the huge loss.
