Gordon Obua, the former Chief Security Officer to ex-President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, is dead.
Obua died of heart attack at the National Hospital, Abuja.
Fred Obua, a family member to the late CSO, who confirmed the demise in a telephone chat with a News Agency of Nigeria Correspondent on Friday, however, declined further comments.
Fred simply said: “I am on my way to Abuja as we speak in connection with Gordon’s demise.
“Maybe we can talk later.”
The Ogbia Brotherhood, a socio-cultural group of Ogbia people of Bayelsa State across the world, has expressed shock and dismay over the demise.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Obua, who hailed from Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State died on on Thursday.
Chief Benson Agadaga, the President of Ogbia Brotherhood, told NAN on Friday that the news of Obua’s death came to Ogbia kingdom as a shock and had thrown the entire community into mourning.
Agadaga said he was saddened by the development, given the fact that the deceased was much younger than he.
He said: “Even though I cannot say exactly how old he was, he was several years younger than me, and in our culture, the death of a younger person is usually very painful.
“The CSO was like three years behind me and ex-President Jonathan in secondary school, so, his death to us is shocking and sad.
“We had hoped that we can leverage on his wealth of experience that culminated to his becoming the CSO to the former President to develop Ogbia kingdom, but unfortunately he died too soon.
“The matter of life and death lies in the hands of God.
“We all have a space of time on earth and we take this as God’s making.
“We are down cast by this, but we cannot question God.
“May his soul rest in peace.”
NAN.
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