and was successful as the party's candidate to represent Warri division in the House of Representatives. He was nominated as the Federal Minister of Labour and Welfare in January, 1955, and two years later, he was made Finance Minister. Personal life Okotie Eboh married an Itsekiri woman named Victoria in 1942. Their daughter, Alero, married Oladipo Jadesimi. Their youngest daughter was Ajoritsedere Awosika, a former civil servant. Death Okotie-Eboh was assassinated along with Prime Minister Tafawa Balewa in the military coup of January 15, 1966, which terminated the Nigerian First Republic, and thus civilian rule. Further reading Rosalynde Ainslie, Catherine Hoskyns, Ronald Segal; Frederick A. Praeger, Political Africa: A Who's Who of Personalities and Parties. Frederick A. Praeger, 1961 Ryszard Kapuściński, Anatomy of a Coup d'Etat chapter in The Shadow of the Sun (1998) References 1912 births 1966 deaths Itsekiri people Assassinated Nigerian politicians Assassinated Nigerian people Deaths by firearm in Nigeria People murdered in Nigeria Finance ministers of Nigeria Delta State politicians 1966 murders in Nigeria