Arthur Nzeribe was born on November 2, 1938.
Maverick politician and erstwhile senator representing Imo West (Orlu) senatorial district in the national assembly, Senator Francis Arthur Nzeribe is reportedly dead.
Multiple sources, including The Nation, quoted a source from the family, who preferred anonymity, as confirming the incident. The late politician was said to have died on Saturday evening.
The source, hinted the family was preparing a statement to announce his death in line with the customs and tradition of his Oguta, Imo home town.
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Nzeribe had not been of sound health, lately. He was recently spotted in a viral picture sitting on a chair and being attended
Nzeribe, announced himself forcefully to Nigeria’s politics in the second republic when he represented Imo West (Orlu) at the National Assembly on the platform of the defunct Nigerian Peoples Party (NPP).
He was later to resurface in the ill-fated Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida political transition programme where he won a senatorial seat on the ticket of the then Social Democratic Party (SDP). A noxious organisation, the Association for Better Nigeria (ABN), provided the basis on which the 1993 presidential election presumed to have been won by newspaper mogul, MKO Abiola, was annulled by Babangida. The controversies surrounding the annulment forced Buhari out of office.
Nzeribe later came back in the Sani Abach regime and was among the brains that pushed for the transformation of the late head of state to a civilian president. He was elected senator in the present dispensation on the ticket of the then All Peoples Party (APP). He was forcefully retired from active politicking by combination of forces from the senate, where he was hit with surprising suspension and at home, where Orlu women mourned him alive with symbolic coffin.
He was born on November 2, 1938.
At 22, Arthur Nzeribe hit a mega fortune, becoming a major player in the nation’s financial sector. Providence smiled on him and he became so powerful and influential in Nigeria’s political landscape.
He had many chieftaincy titles, among which were, Ogbuagu, Oshiji, Oyimba
