EKOHOTBLOG reports that a former Military Administrator of Rivers State, General Anthony Ukpo, has passed away.
Ukpo, a former Information Minister, was pronounced dead in the early hours of Monday.
The demise of the former minister was disclosed by Leonard Anyogu, a constitutional lawyer and the secretary of the Ogoja State Creation Committee which was chaired by Ukpo.
Anyogu disclosed that the former Military Administrator died on Monday morning in a hospital.
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The lawyer further disclosed that Ukpo died as a result of lingering sickness, saying, “I can confirm that the former Milad died this morning. He died in a hospital this morning.
“It is very sad. Cross River State has lost an asset,” he stated.
EKOHOTBLOG reports that General Anthony Ukpo was the Minister of Information during General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida’s regime and later Military Administrator of Rivers State.
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