Tag: okpozo
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Ibori mourns Okpozo, says he fought for betterment of entire South-South
Former Governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori has described the death of Second Republic Senator, Francis Okpozo, who died in Benin City at 81 as a devastating blow to Delta State, the South-South and the entire country. “Senator Okpozo was an indefatigable fighter for the betterment of the Niger Delta.” Ibori said in a…
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Former Delta SSG, Macaulay mourns Okpozo’s exit
Says Okpozo’s death is a political blow to Isoko Nation The immediate past Secretary to the Delta State Government, Comrade Ovuozourie Macaulay, has expressed shock over the death of Senator Francis Spanner Okpozo. Macaulay who described Okpozo’s death as a political loss to Isoko nation, stressed that the deceased statesman was a brave leader whose…
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Ovie of Ozoro urges FG to conduct state burial for Sen. Okpozo
The traditional ruler of Ozoro Kingdom, hometown of the departed elder statesman, Senator Francis Spanner Okpozo, who died in a Benin hospital on Boxing Day, has called on the Federal and Delta State governments to accord his departed subject a state burial. Speaking to TheNewsGuru in his Ozoro palace, the first class monarch, His Royal…
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Just in: Sen. Okpozo dies at age 82
South-South leader, Senator Francis Spanner Okpozo, 82, is dead. Okpozo, a veteran politician, was an elder of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Delta state before he passed on. Okpozo was the Deputy Speaker of the defunct Bendel State House of Assembly under the defunct Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) and was elected to the…