A senator representing Cross River North, Dr Rose Okoji Oko is dead, aged 63.
She died Monday night a British medical facility, according to a close aide, who confirmed the death.
Until her death, she was a second-term senator and chaired the Senate committee on trade and investment.
Before her election to the Senate, she was a member of the House of Representatives, representing Yala/Ogoja Federal Constituency in 7th National Assembly.
She was deputy chair of the House committee on education.
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media, Ola Awoniyi expressed shock over the news of the death of the Senator who until her death, was the Chairperson, Senate Committee on Trade and Investment.
He commiserated with the deceased’s family and the loved ones she left behind.
The Senate President also condoled with the people and government of Cross River State over the lose.
Lawan said Senator Oko’s death was a great loss to the Senate and also to Nigerian women in politics.
The Senate President said that the late Senator will be greatly missed by her Distinguished colleagues in the Ninth Assembly.
He prayed that the Almighty God will comfort her family and grant them the fortitude to bear the loss.
