THE Commissioner for Health, Benue State, Dr Emmanuel Ikwulono, is dead.
He was sworn-in to office on August 5, 2020, barely three months ago.
Dr Ikwulono replaced Dr Sunday Ongbabo who had earlier resigned his appointment from the State Executive Council.
Though, his family is yet to comment, Radio Nigeria, Harvest FM located in Makurdi stated in its bulletin that the death occurred in Jos, the Plateau State capital where he was taken to for medical attention.
He was said to have passed on as a result of complications from surgery for a yet-to-be ascertained ailment in an undisclosed hospital.
Ikwulono had attended the last week’s State Executive Council meeting before he went for the surgery that claimed his life