Sad news: Ex- Rivers Speaker, Tonye Harry dies

The Immediate past speaker of Rivers
State House of Assembly, Tonye Harry
has passed on.
According to sources, Hon. Harry was
said to have slumped while exercising in
the gym this week.
It was also gathered that there were
attempts by the Rivers State Government
to fly him to Paris for medical attention,
but he was declared clinically dead
before he could be airlifted.
PM News reports :
Harry was the Deputy Speaker to
Governor Chibuike Amaechi, when
Amaechi was Speaker in the Rivers House
of Assembly.
He represented Degema Constituency. He
was in the Assembly for three terms.
Harry served as Deputy Speaker for eight
years (two terms) and Speaker for four
years.
He was a close ally of Governor Amaechi
and one of the 27 lawmakers rooting for
him.
So far there has not been an official
confirmation but family sources
confirmed his death.