The ex-General Secretary of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, Chief Frank Ovie Kokori, is dead. He was 80 years old.

In a blog post in Nigeria News today, Aid broke the sad news to the media.

In his words, "Chief Frank Kokori breathed his last at a kidney treatment hospital in Warri, Delta State, in the early hours of today.

He passed away this night. I would want the family to break the news formally to the media.".

“I am his aide, but at this moment I am not to speak on this until the family issues a statement,” he said.

The media learned that Kokori’s health relapsed on Monday, and the veteran labour leader was placed on life support.

Recall that Frank Ovie Kokori made a distress call over his failing health status last month.

He lamented that, in spite of his key role in the growth of the nation’s democracy, he had been abandoned.