Emmanuel Uduaghan was a Nigerian physician and politician who served as governor of Delta State from 2007 to 2015. He was earlier the state’s Commissioner for Health (1999–2003) and Secretary to the State Government (2003–2007). He died in Abuja on 19 October 2026 at the age of 71.
Nigerian politician and doctor
Life in brief
- 1954Born in Warri North
- 2026 Died, aged 71
The death report
Published 23 October 2026
Emmanuel Uduaghan, former Delta State governor and physician, dies at 71
A medical doctor who became Delta State's health commissioner and then its governor from 2007 to 2015, Uduaghan died in an Abuja hospital after an illness, his family said.
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