By; Utebor Peter, Asaba
Elder statesman and former general secretary of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Chief Frank Kokori has cried out that he is dying in hospital bed.
According to Chief Kokori In a distress call to our correspondent in Asaba, Delta State, early hours yesterday, morning, the ‘Abacha nightmare’ said life is fast ebbing out of him where he’s receiving treatment for kidney related ailment.
He lamented how NUPENG has abandoned their own to fate in the hospital, which air conditioner was switched off by the management possibly owing to a shortage of diesel.
“I have something to tell this country, please, please, do your best.
“Tell the world that Kokori is dead and risen. The only man in Warri that can handle kidney problems is Horeb Hospital Warri.
“But I’m facing other challenges. The air conditioner is not working. and AC cant be kept alive till morning. What a country!” He lamented.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Chieftain in Delta State, described himself as a voice laden with excruciating pains that he’s “dead and risen.”
He said, “Mobilise yourselves. I have something to tell this country, please, please, do your best.
“Tell them that I can pay any amount , but let them switch on the AC for me because I’m dying.
“The AC went off. Please do your best. Flash it. I can come alive again but I just want the world to know that if I survive, I’ll shame the leaders of this country.
“Shame to them. How can Kokori be in a third class hospital. The people are trying their best o, because I know it’s diesel issue.
“The AC is off. Two of my foster children are here with me. I’ve sent one to meet the hospital management that they should do everything that the AC is switched on, that when I’m out, I’ll pay. That I’m dying.
“I’ve called on NUPENG that this is what they’ve done to their leaders. That NUPENG could not even take care of me. It’s sad.
“God bless everybody.”
The septuagenarian is said to have been in the hospital for some time, now before his distress call came at the wee hours of yesterday.
It would be recalled that Chief Kokori was at the forefront of the struggle to reclaim the mandate of the late winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief MKO Abiola, which was annulled by the then President Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida and sustained by his successor, the late General Sani Abacha.
