The Enugu State Governor, Sullivan Chime, is believed to have passed away in a hospital in India after battling an undisclosed ailment for several months.
Although the reports are not yet confirmed. Suspicions are due to the fact that security agents in Enugu have clamped down on reporters in the state, preventing them from covering the story by placing them on house arrest with no access to telephones or internet.
Also in a strange twist, the commissioners in the State have also switched off their phones.