By Adesina Soyooye
A team of Medical Doctors at the Federal Medical Centre, Yenegoa, Bayelsa State, are battling to save the life of the Deputy Governor of the State, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo.
The Deputy Governor slumped in his office Thursday afternoon, at about 1.30pm, and was rushed to the hospital where he is battling for his life.
Earlier reports indicated he had passed on, but later, it was said that he was responding to treatment.
Security men have, however, cordoned off the hospital – the side where he is being treated.
It is not known yet why he collapsed, but sources attribute it to stress and the political situation in the State.
He and the Governor, Douye Diri, were both in the Senate, when then outgoing outgoing incumbent Governor, now Senator Seriake Dickson, asked them to contest for the offices of Governor and Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State under the PDP which Senators they were.
However, Governor Diri, a couple of months ago, inexplicably, dumped the PDP for the All Progressives Congress, APC, but his Deputy, Senator Ewhrudjakpo declined to defect with him.
Since his refusal, moves to make him change his mind or be impeached have been on. This medium, however, gathered he is likely to defect to the African Democratic Congress, ADC, given the comatose state of the PDP.
He was born on September 5, 1965.
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