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Senator Ndoma-Egba’s wife killed in auto crash

Amaka Ndoma-Egba was out for a function in Akure at the time of the accident.

• November 20, 2020
Amaka Ndoma Egba (Credit: Start-Rite Schools)
Amaka Ndoma Egba (Credit: Start-Rite Schools)

Amaka Ndoma-Egba, wife of former Nigerian senator, Victor Ndoma-Egba, was killed in a motor accident along Benin-Akure Expressway. 

The late senator’s wife, a school administrator, embarked on a road trip to attend a function in Akure before the accident took her life away, AIT reported Friday.

Mr. Ndoma-Egba was a three-term senator from Cross River State and a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress.

The politician is the current chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

A spokesman for the police in Ondo did not immediately return a request seeking comments Friday afternoon.

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