Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, the Bayelsa state deputy governor, was rushed to the hospital after slumping on Thursday afternoon.
The deputy governor was taken to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Yenagoa, following the incident.
TheCable understands that Ewhrudjakpo collapsed while in his office.
Sources in the Bayelsa government house disclosed that the deputy governor is currently in critical condition.
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The deputy governor had recently filed a suit before the federal high court in Abuja against the Bayelsa house of assembly over an alleged plan to impeach him.
Ewhrudjakpo claimed that members of the Bayelsa assembly were under pressure to remove him from office.
He said the impeachment move was due to his refusal to resign from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) — the platform on which he and Douye Diri, the state governor, were elected.
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The deputy governor also alleged that some council chairpersons were being threatened with removal for refusing to leave the PDP alongside the governor.
Diri joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) on November 4 — almost a month after leaving the PDP.
