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Reports reaching the desk of The Eastern Updates has it that a former Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife is dead.
The elder statesman, according to an e-signed statement by Chief Rob Nwakaire Ezeife (Ahaejiejemba Igbo-Ukwu), on behalf of the Ezeife Dynasty of Igbo-Ukwu, Anambra State, said he died at about 6pm at the Federal Medical Centre, Abuja.
The Eastern Updates reports that he was born on the 20th of November, 1938.
A former federal permanent secretary, Ezeife was elected executive governor of Anambra State on the platform of Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the aborted third republic and he served from January 1992 to November 1993.
He joined the late Chief Mbazulike Amaechi in a delegation to then President Muhammadu Buhari to seek the release of leader of the detained Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
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A political actor of the progressive hue, Ezeife was a presidential aspirant and also political adviser to President Olusegun Obasanjo.
An authentic Igbo leader and Nigerian patriot, Ezeife could be described as the last of the Titans.
He was until his death, the Chairman of Igbo Elders Consultative Forum (IECF) and played prominent role in organising.
Part of the statement by the family read: ‘I wish to announce the promotion to glory of our most distinguished son, Okwadike, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife, CON, a former Federal Permanent Secretary, the first Executive Governor of Anambra State, a former Political Adviser to the President and former Presidential Aspirant. This sad event took place yesterday at 6pm at the Federal Medical Centre, Abuja. More details about the deceased and the arrangements for his State Burial will be announced later.’
The Eastern Updates reports that many social media users have taken to social media mourn the departed sage.
