by crossriverwatch admin
Cross River veteran journalist and Thisday newspaper correspondent in Calabar Mr. Jude Okwe who has been having a protracted heart disease has finally bowed to the cold hands of death CrossRiverWatch can authoritatively report.
CrossRiverWatch gathered that his situation deteriorated early this morning and he was rushed to Goldie hospital where he died after about three hours ago. His body is now deposited at the UCTH morgue.
Okwe who was also one of CrossRiverWatch reporters, after a series of tests at Echo-Scan Heart Center and Heartland Cardiovascular Consultants in Abuja, was said to be having an enlarged heart. He was referred to these places for test by Primus Inter Specialty Hospital, Karu, Abuja.
Several individuals had donated to help him get medical assistance oversea before his eventual demise today after showing signs of recovery over the past months.
Further details will come as we receive them from the family.
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