He came into the news in 2017 after he was adjudged the winner of academy prize for poetry, the high quality Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG )prize of $100,000 (37million naira )

Oke’s collection of poems entitled ‘The Heresiad beat other contestants like Ogaga Ifowodo’s ‘A Good Mourning ‘and Tanure Ojaide’s ‘Songs of Myself ‘respectively. He was aged 51.