JUST IN: Another Prominent Nigerian Politician Is Dead

The news reaching the OSUNREPORTERS NEWS has it that a former information minister during General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida’s regime and later military Administrator of Rivers State, retired Brigadier General Anthony Ukpo is dead.

….. According to the report, the deceased died on Monday in a hospital after illness.

……. Barrister Leonard Anyogu, confirmed the death of the former military administrator, adding that Cross River State has lost an asset.

…..“I can confirm that the former Milad died this morning as a result of lingering sickness. It is very sad. Cross River State has lost an asset.”

…..General Ukpo’s death is coming weeks after two of his elder siblings, Madam Lydia Ukpo who died in the US, while Archbishop Joseph Edra Ukpo also died.