By Ismail Auwal
A Former Nigerian Senator, Francis Arthur Nzeribe died at the age of 83.
Nzeribe, died on Sunday after an undisclosed at a foreign hospital, a source disclosed.
“He died this morning in a hospital abroad. The family will soon release a statement,” the source said.
Born in 1933, the late senator represented Orlu first in 1999 but in November 2002, the then-Senate President Anyim Pius Anyim suspended Nzeribe indefinitely over an allegation of N22 million fraud.
Furthermore, in April 2006, the Orlu People’s Consultative Assembly, led by the then-Governor of Imo State, Achike Udenwa, organised a “One Million March” to rally support for Nzeribe’s recall from the Senate.
Due to popular demand, Nzeribe was defeated by Osita Izunaso in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primaries for the 2007 Senatorial election in December 2006.
