Yemi Obafemi
Former Secretary-General of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Chief Frank Kokori, passed away on his birthday in the early hours of Thursday.
The elder statesman died after a month’s battle with a kidney-related ailment.
Kokori death was confirmed by doctors around 6:40 am, and was announced by one of his personal assistants, Ovumedia Tobore, through an SMS.
Tobore said Chief Kokori’s health relapsed on Monday and he was placed on life support.
Kokori, in a distress call, with a pain-filled voice around 12:40 am, lamented that life was ebbing out of him where he was receiving treatment for his kidney-related ailment.
Only recently the octogenarian cried out from his hospital bed that he had been neglected and abandoned to die despite his contributions to the growth of democracy in the country.
Chief Kokori’s November outcry attracted top government functionaries including Delta Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, who paid an unexpected visit to him on Friday, November 11. Oborevwori picked up the bills as well as those of two other patients at the hospital.
Kokori hailed from Ovu community in Ethiope East council area of Delta State.
He is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State
