Warri – There was said to be “strange jubilation” late Tuesday afternoon as the news of the sudden demise of the vice chairman of Uvwie Local Government Area, Delta State broke.
The late Vice Chairman,Chief Young Daniel Ighedo, was said to have slumped and died on Tuesday morning.
Sources said the ‘Danray’ as he was popularly called , died of cardiac arrest after slumping at Effurun and was rushed to a private hospital in Warri where he was confirmed dead on arrival.
NIGERIAN OBSERVER gathered that, the Uvwie born Vice Chairman had earlier been ostracised by the Ovie of Uvwie Kingdom, HRM Abe 1, over the crisis rocking the appointment of the Community Liaison Officer (CLO) to a company (possibly an oil company) in the area.
He was also said to have called for the quizzing and possible arrest of the Uvwie monarch in a petition to the Delta State Police Command a move that many saw as sacrilegious.c
A crowd of Uvwie natives at Ekpan were said to have stormed the streets rejoicing over the sudden demise of Danray.
As at Press time, no official statement has been released concerning the unfortunate incident.
