Senator Barinada Mpigi, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Works, has passed away at 64.
He represented Rivers South-East senatorial district and was born on June 23, 1961.
Mpigi had a notable career, serving in the House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019 and later becoming a senator in 2019 under the Peoples Democratic Party.
He led a joint Senate committee investigating crude oil theft in the Niger Delta region during the Ninth Assembly.
At the time of filing this report, no official statement has been issued on the reported death.
