Obinna Okadigbo, son of former Senate President, Chuba Okadigbo is dead.

Okadigbo died in the United States of America from a cold related ailment.

Former media aide to Okadigbo, Dr James Okoroma, confirmed the death.

Okoroma told Sun: “Obinna was a warm and personable person, he died abroad. His exit is painful not just to his family but everybody who knew him.”

Relatives and friends of the deceased have thronged the Abuja residence of the former lawmaker to sympathise with them.

The mother of the deceased, Senator (Mrs) Magery Okadigbo, was said to have traveled to the US to arrange for the return of remains of Obinna.

The deceased, who was in his 20s, according to a family member, studied in the US and was residing in Maryland.