{"id":344123,"date":"2024-11-02T17:06:05","date_gmt":"2024-11-02T16:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=344123"},"modified":"2024-11-02T17:06:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-02T16:06:05","slug":"former-delta-deputy-governor-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/11\/02\/former-delta-deputy-governor-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Delta deputy governor dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong><strong>Utuama passed on in the early hours of Saturday, 2nd of November, 2024 in Lagos at 77<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A former deputy governor of Delta State, Professor Amos Utuama, is dead.<\/p>\n<p>The Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) passed on in the early hours of Saturday, 2nd of November, 2024 in Lagos at 77.<\/p>\n<p>A former governor of Delta state, James Ibori confirmed his death in a tribute.<\/p>\n<p>Ibori described the late Utuama as a humble, loyal aide who executed his duties with utmost professionalism during his lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote: \u201cProfessor Amos Agbe Utuama, my humble, loyal, and esteemed Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice. You were my steadfast legal foundation, executing your duties with unwavering commitment. If it were within my power to halt death, I would have done so for you. Farewell, dear Professor. May your pure soul rest in eternal peace\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Utuama was deputy to former Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, and both served for eight years on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).<\/p>\n<p>He was, however, the Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General of Delta State under the administration of former Governor James Ibori.<\/p>\n<p>Apart politics, Prof. Utuama was a well-respected lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>He was a native of Otughievwen (Otu-Jeremi) town in Ughievwen Kingdom of Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Utuama passed on in the early hours of Saturday, 2nd of November, 2024 in Lagos at 77 A former deputy governor of Delta State, Professor Amos Utuama, is dead. 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