{"id":26907,"date":"2019-12-18T18:50:36","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T18:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=26907"},"modified":"2019-12-18T18:50:36","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T18:50:36","slug":"black-wednesday-how-okigwe-zone-senator-ben-uwajumogu-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=26907","title":{"rendered":"Black Wednesday: How Okigwe Zone Senator, Ben Uwajumogu Died"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?attachment_id=26908\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26908\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26908\" src=\"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Uwajumogu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"292\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Uwajumogu.jpg 292w, https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Uwajumogu-219x300.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">By Onyekachi Eze<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">A rude shock that portend a black Wednesday for people of Imo State and National Assembly occurred yesterday following the death of Senator Benjamin Uwajumogu.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Uwajumogu, whose death was initially rumoured on the early hours of yesterday on different social media platforms, later became a reality after Trumpeta Newspaper obtained reports that the Okigwe zone Senator has kicked the bucket.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Until his death, the late Senator represented Okigwe North in the upper chamber of the National Assembly, (Senate), and the Senate Committee Chairman on Labour, Employment and Productivity.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Information gathered by this Newspaper disclosed that he fell while taking his morning bath, and was immediately rushed to a private hospital Apo in Abuja, where he gave up the ghost.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">It was allegedly reported that he died as a result of complications of heart related issues, which had been a predominant ailment he suffered.\u00a0 A relation who didn\u2019t want his name on print disclosed that for some weeks, the late former Speaker wasn\u2019t okay until death came.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">It would be recalled that Senator Uwajumogu was the Imo State House of Assembly Speaker during Rochas Okorocha regime from 2011-2015 that represented Okigwe LGA several reactions have been trailing his untimely exit as his political associates, friends, and constituents lament.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onyekachi Eze A rude shock that portend a black Wednesday for people of 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