John Odey, who was redeployed from the Ministry of Information to the Ministry of Environment was 58.
His death was announced by the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus Sunday morning at the convention of the party in Port Harcourt.
A minute silence was observed at the convention in honour of the late Odey.
A monitored report via the African Independent Television (AIT) gave that the former minister died in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, where he was undergoing treatment.
John Ogar Odey was born 1st November 1959.
He graduated with a B.Sc. in banking and finance from the University of Calabar in 1986.
Odey was appointed Minister of Information and Communications in July 2007. He later became Minister for
Environment in December 2008 after President Umaru Yar’Adua reshuffled his cabinet.
