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By Our Correspondent

Second Republic senator and chieftain of All Progressive Congress, APC, Senator Francis Spanner Okpozo is dead.

Details of his death were still sketchy as at the press time of writing this report, but a family source who pleaded that his name should not be in print  because he was not authorized to speak to the press confirmed his death.

The renowned South- South leader and elderstateman, hailed from Ozoro  in Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State. He was over 80 years old.

He was a fierce voice on national discourse and strong pillars of APC family in Delta state.

Okpozo was the Deputy Speaker Bendel State House of Assembly under the UPN until 1984 when the army seized power before the creation of Delta state and also Chairman Senate Committee on Environment in 1992 after he was elected to represent Isoko, Itsekiri, Ijaw Senatorial District in the upper chambers.