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Ohanaeze Ndigbo President, Obiozor Dead At 80
Prof George Obiozor, president-general of the apex Igbo-Socio cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has died at 80, Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State announced late on Wednesday.
Details of how he died were not immediately available but the announcement of his death followed contradictory claims on his well being in the last 24 hours.
The former director-general of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, ambassador to the United States was elected president general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo on 9th January, 2021.
Announcing the death in a statement, Governor Uzodimma said:
On behalf of the government and people of Imo state, I, Sen Hope Uzodimma, the Executive Governor of Imo state, sorrowfully announce the passage of a great Son of Imo state and Nigeria, the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, worldwide, Prof George OBIOZOR.
A renowned academic, an exceptional diplomat and statesman and a tenacious patriot, Prof George Obiozor passed on recently after a brief illness.
The death of this foremost Igbo leader and former NIGERIA’S ambassador to the United States and the State of Israel, is a big loss to Imo state, the South East and the entire Nigeria. I have no doubt that both Nigeria and the international community will miss his profound intellectual contributions and wise counsel on national and global issues.
His burial arrangements will be announced in due course by the family
Following the announcement that Obiozor has died, Governor Uzodimma said the burial arrangements for would be made by his family.
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