Nigeria’s foremost and famous writer, poet and novelist, Dr Gabriel Okara, is dead.
Meanwhile, the Association of Nigerian Authors , Bayelsa State Chapter, in a statement by its chairman, Mrs Bina Ilagha, said the association was saddened by the news of Okara’s death. Also, the speech writer to the Governor of Bayelsa and one- time Chairman of ANA, Mr Michael Afenfia, in a statement in Yenagoa expressed sadness over Okara’s death.
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