Chief Arthur Okorie Uzoma Okowa, the father of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, South-South Nigeria, has passed away.
Chief Okowa died in the early hours of Thursday at the age of 88 in Asaba, the state capital.
The Governor’s father hails from Owa-Alero, Ika North East Local Government Area of the State.
Until his death, the late Chief Arthur Okorie Uzoma Okowa popularly called AOU was the Okpara-Uku of Owa-Alero.
The cause of his death was yet to be ascertained as at the time of filing this report.
A family source, however, said the Octogenarian had been in and out of hospital before he eventually gave up the ghost.