Senator Ayogu Eze who represented Enugu-North Senatorial Zone between 2007 to 2015 has passed on.

The former senator who was a staunch member of the Peopled Democratic Party (PDP) died in an Abuja Hospital after a protracted illness.

Born in 1958, Ayogu eze died at 66 years.

While at the Senate, he was appointed Chairman of the Senate Committee on Information and Media, making him the official spokesman of the senate.

Subsequently in 2011 after his re-election, he chaired the Senate Committee on Works.

For the eight years he spent in the senate, he was a member of the Constitution Drafting and Amendment Committee that made some novel changes to Nigeria’s 1999 constitution.

Eze also served as a member of committees on Police Affairs, National Planning, Marine Transport and Federal Character & Inter-Government Affairs.