One-time Commissioner for Education in Delta State, Professor Abednego Ekoko, has passed on.
Ekoko died on Saturday morning at the age of 89, reports NIGER DELTA TODAY (NDT) Online.
The deceased hailed from Uzere in Isoko South Local Government area of Delta State.
He was Sole Administrator of DELSU between 1998 to 1999 and also a former chairman of the Governing Council of Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku.
Professor Ekoko was also a former member of the Project Committee for the establishment of the three new universities in Delta State.