The Commissioner for Local Government in Bayelsa State, Mrs Agatha Goma, is dead. She passed away at the age of 55.
A family source said she was found dead in her sleep on Sunday at her apartment in Yenagoa, the state capital.
The source which is close to the family also said the commissioner lost her husband Mr. Oraebi Goma and her elder sister Mrs. Brenda Asamowei early in the year.
Mrs Goma was said to have been appointed into Governor Seriake Dickson’s cabinet in 2016 and remained one of the best apostles of the governor’s restoration team.
At the time of filing this report, the cause of her death is still not known.
