Prof Utuama, a two-term Deputy Governor, served under the administration of former Governor Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan.
He was born on June 5, 1947, Utuama served as Deputy Governor to former Governor Uduaghan from May 2007 to May 2015.
It was reliably gathered that the ex-Deputy Governor died in Warri at the age of 78 after a protracted illness.
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