President Bola Tinubu has paid a condolence tribute to Emmanuel Uduaghan, the former governor of Delta State, after the ex-governor's death. Uduaghan, a medical doctor, held the state's top office from 2007 to 2015 after earlier serving as health commissioner and as secretary to the Delta government. During his two terms he ran a state that sits at the heart of the oil-producing Niger Delta, an era marked by security campaigns and amnesty deals for ex-militants. Tinubu's tribute concentrated on the years after the governorship, recalling the public service the man continued to render once he had left office. The statement placed him among former officeholders who did not fade into private life but stayed involved in civic and political affairs. The message did not address the circumstances of his death. His passing removes a longtime player from a state where politics rarely stays quiet.