The remains of Billionaire Keniebi Diton Okoko, was buried yesterday, May 15, in his hometown, Obunagha Community, in Yenagoa local government area, Bayelsa State.
Okoko’s death and burial has brought untold sadness to the Ijaw nation and several others, whose lives he had touched through numerous philanthropic activities.
The son of Prof Kimse Okoko, a former Pro Chancellor of the University of Uyo and ex-President, Ijaw National Congress (INC) – Keniebi Okoko, was a governorship aspirant in the last election under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa state.
Africa Update had written about his death on April 16, narrating how he died in a private hospital, due to hypoxia, which is the absence of enough oxygen in the tissues to sustain bodily functions.
The death certificate issued by the Amethyst Health Care and Diagnostic Centre Limited, located in Lekki and signed by Dr Benedict Olusola on behalf of the centre, revealed that the late pastor at Salvation Ministries, Port Harcourt, had the primary cause of death as hypoxia and secondary cause as cardiac arrest, following the failed procedure to remove excess fat from the deceased abdomen and breasts region.
Africa Update gathered that the surgery failed following an alleged power failure in the hospital, while the back up generator failed to start after the procedure was underway, leading to hypoxia and cardiac arrest
