‘Sleep Well, Papa’: Uduaghan’s Daughter, Orode, Mourns Late Father
“Thank you for everything. I love you yesterday, today and forever. Sleep well Papa ❤️”
Orode Uduaghan, daughter of the late former Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, has shared an emotional farewell to her late father, saying her love for him would endure forever.
In a post on her official Facebook page, Orode, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Warri North I Constituency, wrote: “Thank you for everything. I love you yesterday, today and forever. Sleep well Papa ❤️”
Her tribute followed the death of the former governor on Monday, October 19, 2026, after a prolonged ailment.
Uduaghan, who governed Delta State from 2007 to 2015, died aged 71, three days before his 72nd birthday.
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