BREAKING NEWS: Senator Mrs Rose Oko dies in Uk

Information Reaching us now that the Senator Representing Cross River North Dies while receiving treatment in the United Kingdom.

Senator Rose Oko, the representative of Cross River North within the upper chamber of the National Assembly, has died.

The chairperson of the Senate Committee on Trade and Investment died at a medical facility within the UK on Monday, March 23, 2020, in line with a report by the state.

The 63-year-old, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was first elected to the Senate in 2015 and re-elected last year.

She was also a member of the House of Representatives between 2011 and 2015.

Oko is that the third member of the 9th Senate to possess died since inauguration in June 2019, following the deaths of Senator Benjamin Uwajumogu (Imo South – APC) in December 2019, and Senator Ignatius Datong Longjan (Plateau South – APC) in February 2020.