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Soala Ibiapuye Martyns-Yellowe was elected Senator for the
Rivers West Rivers West senatorial district is one of the three senatorial districts in Rivers State, Nigeria. It is currently represented by Betty Okagua Apiafi. District profile The district covers the local government areas of Abua–Odual, Ahoada East, Aho ...
constituency of
Rivers State Rivers State, also known as Rivers, is a state in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria (Old Eastern Region). Formed in 1967, when it was split from the former Eastern Region, Rivers State borders include: Imo to the north, Abia and Akwa Ib ...
,
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at the start of the
Nigerian Fourth Republic The Fourth Republic is the current republican government of Nigeria. Since 1999, it has governed the country according to the fourth republican constitution. It was in many ways a revival of the Second Republic, which was in place between 1979 and ...
, running on the
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(PDP) platform. He took office on 29 May 1999. He was reelected in April 2003. Martyns-Yellowe was born on 12 November 1945 in Bakana, Degema Local Government Area, Rivers State. He qualified as a neuro-psychiatrist, and served as chief medical director of the Rivers State Psychiatric Hospital, Rumuigbo, Port Harcourt. After taking his seat in the Senate in June 1999 he was appointed to committees on Drug & Narcotics, Petroleum (Chairman) and Health. In 2007, he was a contender in the PDP primary election to be candidate for Rivers State governor. He died in
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on 2 July 2009 after a severe asthmatic attack.


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Members of the Senate (Nigeria) from Rivers State 1945 births 2009 deaths Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party politicians Deaths from asthma People from Degema Peoples Democratic Party members of the Senate (Nigeria) 20th-century Nigerian politicians 21st-century Nigerian politicians {{RiversState-politician-stub