Former Senator, Francis Arthur Nzeribe is dead at the age of 83.

The former Nigerian senator, according to report died on Sunday morning after battling an undisclosed ailment at a foreign hospital.

A family source who made the disclosure said “He died this morning in a hospital abroad. The family will soon release a statement”.

Elected as one of the Nigerian senators, Nzeribe represented Orlu in 1999.

He was suspended indefinitely by former Senate President, Anyim Pius Anyim, in November 2002, over an allegation of N22 million fraud.