Simon Nkoro, three term member and leader of the famous Restoration Family Group in the Cross River State House of Assembly, has passed on at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, UCTH, after a protracted illness, www.calitown.com can reveal.
Nkoro who represents Ikom II State Constituency, is the second member of the House to pass on in the last three months.
House member, Eteng Williams, representing Yakurr II State Constituency, who spoke with www.calitown.com, expressed sadness that “it is painful that Nkoro has passed on. We are all in shock especially after just losing Steve Ukpukpen; this is very unfortunate and I think more than ever before, we need prayers and an intervention that is divine in nature.”
Nkoro’s remains have been deposited in the morgue while burial arrangements are put together.
