The first lady of Akwa Ibom state, Patience Umo Eno has died after an illness.
Ini Ememobong, the state commissioner for information, announced the first lady’s passing in a statement issued in the early hours of Friday.
The commissioner said the first lady died on Thursday in a hospital in the presence of her family.
He said “further details will be provided” in due course while expressing the appreciation of Governor Umo Eno to those who “stood by the family in this period”.