Renowned poet and winner of the 2017 NLNG Prize for Literature, Ikeogu Oke,51 is dead.
Oke died in Abuja on Saturday night after an undisclosed ailment.
The poet gained nationwide fame when he won the 2017 Nigeria Prize for Literature for his book, The Heresiad, a book of epic poetry.
The deceased was presented with a cheque of $100,000 (N37m) by the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Company Limited.
Oke died in Abuja on Saturday night after an undisclosed ailment.
The poet gained nationwide fame when he won the 2017 Nigeria Prize for Literature for his book, The Heresiad, a book of epic poetry.
The deceased was presented with a cheque of $100,000 (N37m) by the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Company Limited.
Ikeogu Oke plight will be let our leaders work on health care system in Nigeria. A vibrant writer gone like that
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