The member representing Warri South Constituency 1 at the Delta State House of Assembly, Mrs. Omawumi Udoh, is dead.

Sources told Punch that the lawmaker died in a London hospital after battling with a protracted health challenge on Wednesday morning. She was 56 years old.

However, dependable sources also told the media house that the fourth-term lawmaker died of a cancer-related ailment. She was of the Peoples Democratic Party.