By Eseoghene Emuke
The Registrar of the Delta State Polytechnic, Oghara (DESPO), Mr. Lawrence Mudiaga Umukoro, is dead.
It was gathered that the deceased passed on at a Sapele Hospital where he was receiving treatment late Saturday evening.
He was said to have been briefly sick before his sad demise.
He was 55-year-old.
Umukoro hailed from Ovade-Oghara and Ovu in Ethiope West and East Local Government Areas of Delta State.
Several sources confirmed the death of the Oghara polytechnic registrar to NIGER DELTA TODAY (NDT) Online on Sunday.
Mr. Umukoro attended the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, where he obtained a Bachelor of Technology degree (B.Tech.) in Maritime Transport Management Technology between 1992 and 1998.
The deceased obtained Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from Delta State University, Abraka, in 2007.
Mr. Lawrence Umukoro resigned from the Delta State Unified Local Government Service Commission to pick up appointment with the Delta State Polytechnic, Otefe – Oghara in February 2003 as Administrative Officer I.
He rose through the ranks to the position of Deputy Registrar, until his recent appointment as Registrar of Delta State Polytechnic, Otefe – Oghara.
He was a member of the Nigerian Institution of Management.
