The Vice Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi State, Chief Kola Ojo, is dead.
A statement by the party’s Kogi state Publicity Secretary, Mr. Bode Ogunmola, in Lokoja on Wednesday said that Ojo slumped and died in Lagos on Tuesday evening while playing lawn tennis.
The incident was said to have occurred around 5.55p.m at the Sports Centre, Ogudu GRA.
The statement said: “The Sports Centre was said to be about a five -minute drive to his residence within the GRA.
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“He was immediately rushed to a nearby private hospital but was pronounced dead by doctors on duty.
Describing Ojo as a “reliable pillar of the party,” the statement added: “He was until his death the Vice Chairman of the party in Kogi West Senatorial district. He did his best to improve the fortunes of the party.”
The late Ojo, a legal practitioner, joined politics after retiring from the Central Bank of Nigeria.
He hailed from Okoro Gbede, Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi state and was married and has four children.
