Ailing elder statesman and former General Secretary of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers Chief Frank Kokori, is dead.
According to Tribune, he died at exactly 1:30 am on Thursday, December 7, 2023, coincidentally on his birthday at exactly 80, in the wee hours of Thursday.
His passage was disclosed to oat about 2:30 am by Chief Kokori’s personal assistant, Atawada Barry Oke.
He said the former labour leader’s health relapsed on Monday as he was unable to interact with people around him while he was placed on life support.
Kokori’s death came barely one month after he cried out from his hospital bed on Thursday, November 9, 2023, that he had been neglected and abandoned to die in spite of his huge contribution to the democratic growth of the country.
The Octogenarian has been in sick bed at Mount Horeb Clinic, Warri, Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, over kidney-related ailment since early November.
Kokori had, on Thursday, November 9, 2023, made a distress call at about 12:40 am to complain that life was ebbing out of him where he was receiving treatment for his kidney-related ailment.
