A former governor of Rivers state has died.
Brig. Gen. Anthony Ukpo, a former Military Governor of Rivers State, is dead. Ukpo died at the age of 74 in a Hospital in Calabar on Monday morning after a brief illness.
During the military administration of General Ibrahim Babangida, the late General was Minister of Information and Culture, then Governor of Rivers State, from August 1986 to July 1988.
The deceased was born in Okpoma, Yala, Northern Cross River State, and rose through the ranks of the army to become a Brigadier General before retiring.
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