Chief Chukwuma Bamidele Azikiwe, the first son of first President of Nigeria, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe is dead. He was aged 75.
He
passed on at the Borommeo Hospital, Onitsha, a missionary hospital just
a stone throw to his Inosi Onira country home, Onitsha in the early
hours of Sunday.
A family source said last
night that Chukwuma had been battling protracted respiratory ailment for
some years, which had kept him out of public view.
Chukwuma
until his death was the Owelle of Onitsha,a traditional position he
inherited from his late father in 1996 . As Owelle, Chukwuma was sixth
in the title ranking in Onitsha.
He had, in 1991, aspired to
govern the old Anambra State and after that unsuccessful bid, he never
contested for any other public office.
According to a family
source, details about his funeral would be announced later in accordance
with the Onitsha customs and tradition.
Credit: Vincent Ujumadu/Vanguard
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