Ex-director Kogi civil service, Alphonsus Ameh is dead

Mr. Alphonsus Ameh, a director in the Kogi State civil service has passed on.

Ameh died on Monday January 1st of an alleged heart failure caused from high blood pressure.

He died at the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja. Until his death, Mr. Ameh was a Director Administration and Finance in the Kogi State Pensions Board.

An anonymous family member told Punch that Ameh was among the directors and permanent secretaries that were suspended in February 2016.

“Ameh, who was a Grade Level 16 officer in the Kogi State Pension Board, was not paid any salary since his suspension about two years ago.

“He died in the early hours of Monday of high blood pressure at the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja,” he said.