JUST IN: Former Delta State Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan is Dead.

Barely 3 days to his 72nd birthday, former Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan has been reported dead.

Uduaghan who would have turned 72 on Thursday passed-on Monday morning in a hospital in Abuja after a period of illness.

A family source confirmed his passing, saying he had been ill for a while.

Uduaghan, a medical doctor by profession, governed Delta State for eight years from 2007 to 2015 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), after succeeding Chief James Ibori.

Before becoming governor, he held several key public offices in the state. He served as Commissioner for Health from 1999 to 2003 and later as Secretary to the State Government from 2003 to 2007.