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BREAKING: Benue State Commissioner for Health, Emmanuel Ikwulono dies three months after his appointment
The Benue State Commissioner for Health and Human Resources, Dr Emmanuel Ikwulono is dead.
Ikwulono, a native of Agatu, died barely three months after his appointment, IDOMA VOICE learnt.
The late commissioner was appointed following the resignation of Dr Sunday Ongbabo from the State Executive Council.
His death as announced on Radio Nigeria, Harvest FM located in Makurdi occurred in Jos, the Plateau State capital where he was taken to for medical attention.
A source from Government House, Makurdi said the commissioner died from complications of surgery for a yet-to-be ascertained ailment in an undisclosed hospital.
The source added that Ikwulono had attended the last week’s State Executive Council meeting before he went for the surgery that claimed his life.