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BREAKING: Rivers Senator, Barry Mpigi, dies at 64

The Senator representing Rivers Southeast, Barry Mpigi, has been reported dead. Multiple sources said Mpigi, a loyalist of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Minister, Chief Nyesom Wike, died at the

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February 19, 2026byAuthor 18229
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The Senator representing Rivers Southeast, Barry Mpigi, has been reported dead.

Multiple sources said Mpigi, a loyalist of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Minister, Chief Nyesom Wike, died at the age if 64.

Read Also: Oscar-winning actor Robert Duvall dies at 95

It was gathered that Mpigi died after a prolonged survival battle against an undisclosed sickness 

While some said he died in Abuja, others claimed he passed in a London hospital.

Details shortly... 

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