BREAKING: Another Nigerian Senator Is Dead

BREAKING: Another Nigerian Senator Is Dead

Onyxnewsng reports that Senator Patrick Osakwe, a former Senator who represented Delta North Senatorial District, is dead.

He died on Tuesday evening at the age of 73 in a London hospital, United Kingdom.

Senator Patrick Osakwe is dead

Senator Patrick Osakwe was from Ugili-Amai in Delta State, Nigeria’s Ndokwa-west L.G.A.

Osakwe graduated from the University of Benin with a B.Sc, M.Sc, LLB, and BL.

Patrick Osakwe was first elected to the Red Chambers in 1999 on the Accord Party’s platform, and then re-elected in 2003 and 2007 on the People’s Democratic Party’s platform.

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Osakwe, who hails from Ugili-Amai in Delta State, was born on August 11, 1948.

The Senator was succeeded by Ifeanyi Okowa in the National Assembly in 2011.

As of press time, his family had yet to issue an official statement.