A former governor of Anambra State, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife, is dead.
A former governor of Anambra State, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife, is dead.
By Emma Ogbuehi
Ezeife died at the Federal Medical Centre, Abuja, on Thursday, according to a short press release issued on Friday and signed by Chief Rob Ezeife, on behalf of the family.
Born on November 20, 1938, the deceased fondly called ‘Okwadike’, was governor of Anambra state between January 1992 to November 1993 during the aborted Third Republic.
The statement read, “On behalf of the Ezeife Dynasty of Igbo-Ukwu, I wish to announce the promotion to glory of our most distinguished son, ‘Okwadike’, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife, CON, a former Federal Permanent Secretary, a former governor of Anambra State, a former Political Adviser to the President and former Presidential aspirant.
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“This sad event took place yesterday at 6 pm at the Federal Medical Centre, Abuja.”
“More details about the deceased and the arrangements for his state burial will be announced later.”
Ezeife’s death comes on the heels of the recent exit of foremost Constitutional Lawyer, Prof Ben Nwabueze. Until his death, Ezeife had been relentless in seeking the release of detained leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu