Diri Mourns Passing On Of HRH Onakpohor

Nelson Utip

Governor Douye Diri of Rivers State has mourned the demise of His Royal Majesty Auditor Onakpohor, The Paramount Ruler of Ofoni in Sagbama Local Government Area of the state, the monarch passed on in a ghastly motor accident on Friday 3rd January along the Sagbama-Ekeremor road. The vehicle conveying HRH Onakpohor and about 12 other traditional rulers somersaulted and skidded off the road into the bush around Sagbama community, the traditional chiefs were rushed to Sagbama General Hospital for treatment  while those with more serious injuries were transferred to the Niger Delta Teaching Hospital at Okolobiri after first aid. Unfortunately HRM Onakpohor could not make it.

The victims were part of the Bayelsa West delegation on the New Year visit of Senator Chief Seriake Dickson, to Governor Diri at his country home, Sampou. The governor directed the cancellation of the event when he heard the sad news and expressed his heartfelt condolences to the family of the diseased and the entire people of Ofoni community, and prayed for quick recovery of the survivors.