Mulade Mourns Former Delta Governor Uduaghan, Describes Him As a Colossus
********”Mulade Hails Former Delta Governor Uduaghan’s Contributions to The Growth and Development of Delta State, Niger-Delta Region & Nigeria in General
******”*National Democratic Party, NDP Candidate for Warri Federal Constituency Sympathizes with Late Uduaghan’s Family, Deltans, DTSG
********Late Former Delta Governor, Dr Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan Lived a Life Defined By Uncommon Service to Humanity-Niger-Delta Peace Advocate-Mulade
By Victor Bieni, Warri
The Coordinator of the Center for Peace and Environmental Justice, CEPEJ, Comrade Chief Mulade Sheriff Ph.D, has mourned the death of former Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, describing his passing as the fall of an Iroko and a monumental loss to the state and nation.
Royal Paradise Media (News Online) learnt this from renowned Peace Advocate, Niger-Delta Activist, Ambassador Comrade Chief Sheriff Mulade, who doubles as the National Democratic Party, NDP, candidate for Warri Federal Constituency in a press release today being on Monday, October 19, 2026 made available to Journalists in Warri, Delta State as he describes the former Delta Governor, Dr Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan as a Colossus.
High Chief Sheriff Mulade Ph.D stated this in a tribute issued on behalf of the Board of Trustees, Management, Staff and Volunteers of CEPEJ and the people of Warri Federal Constituency. He stated: “The former governor died in the early hours of Monday, October 19, 2026, at the age of 71, three days before his 72nd birthday. Uduaghan was born on October 22, 1954, in Abigborodo, Warri North Local Government Area, into the Royal Uduaghan Family of Itsekiri extraction”.
The press statement as signed by Ambassador Chief Comrade Sheriff Mulade reads in part: “The death of the former governor was received with profound shock as it was not just the death of a former governor but the exit of a political colossus and elder statesman whose impact extended beyond Delta State to the entire Niger Delta and Nigeria”.
“Dr. Uduaghan lived a life defined by uncommon service to humanity, beginning from his medical career. Dr. Uduaghan attended Federal Government College, Warri, from 1968 to 1974 and the University of Benin from 1975 to 1980, where he obtained his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery and Diploma in Anaesthesia”.
“As the CEPEJ National Co-ordinator, I could recall that the deceased served meritoriously as a Consultant Anaesthesiologist at the Delta Steel Company Medical Centre, Westend Hospital Warri, Benoni Hospital Benin City and Shell Hospital Ogunu, before establishing his private practice in Warri in 1994”.
“On his public service career, late Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan served as Commissioner for Health from 1999 to 2003 under Chief James Ibori, where he revolutionised healthcare delivery, and as Secretary to the State Government from 2003 to 2007, where he served as the engine room of the administration”.
“Dr Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan was subsequently elected as Executive Governor of Delta State on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, serving two terms from 2007 to 2015 before handing over to Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa on May 29, 2015”.
“Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan is an exemplar of ‘Talk and Do Governor,”l’ Dr Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan’s administration was anchored on a Three-Point Agenda of Peace & Security, Human Capital Development and Infrastructure Development, as well as his visionary ‘Delta Beyond Oil Initiative’ aimed at diversifying the state’s economy”.
“The numerous lists of Dr Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan administration’s achievements included amongst others are: Its pivotal role in the Presidential Amnesty Programme under late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, which restored peace in the creeks and increased crude oil production. Also, the construction of the Asaba International Airport, thousands of kilometres of roads across the state and the establishment of the Delta State University Teaching Hospital, Oghara”.
“Also worthy of note is the introduction of free maternal healthcare for pregnant women and free healthcare for children under five, which had reduced maternal mortality from 545 per 100,000 live births in 2007 to 241 in 2012. And the building of 13 model secondary schools and 54 model primary schools, and the institution of a N5 million first-class graduate scholarship scheme for postgraduate studies abroad”.
“We commiserate with his widow, Deaconess Roli Nere Uduaghan, his family, Chief James Ibori, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, the Uduaghan Royal Family of Abigborodo and the Itsekiri Nation, praying for the repose of his soul and for the fortitude to bear the loss”, Niger-Delta Activist and Peace Advocate, Comrade Chief Sheriff Mulade concluded.