The National Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, South-South Zone was at the Government House, Uyo, to condole with the leader of the PDP in Akwa Ibom and Governor of the State, Mr Udom Emmanuel on the demise of the State Chairman of the Party, Obong (Hon.) Udo Ekpenyong.
The delegation was led by the PDP National Vice Chairman, South South, Chief Dan Osi Orbih.
Addressing Governor Emmanuel, Orbih said that the PDP family, especially in the South-South, and indeed Nigeria, had lost a strong pillar of the party with the passing of late Obong Udo Ekpenyong.
Chief Orbih stated that within his short stay in office, the late Ekpenyong was already interfacing with the Zonal Secretariat of the Party and making robust suggestions on how to multiply the gains of the PDP in the region.
Orbih told Governor Emmanuel that the PDP would continue to remember the late State Chairman for his result-oriented contributions which were critical to the advancement of the south south region.
