Senator Osakwe Dies, Aged 73 Years

By Adesina Soyooye

A three-time Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Patrick Enebeli Osakwe is dead.

Osakwe, reportedly, died in a London hospital where he had gone for medicals.

A native of Ndokwa, Delta State, Osakwe was, first, elected a Senator in 1999, and was re-elected in 2003 and 2007. He was succeeded in the Senate in 2011 by the now Governor of Delta State, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa.

Osakwe was born on August 11, 1948. He attended the University of Benin and had a string of degrees to his name – B.Sc, M.Sc, LLB, BL.