President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, George Obiozor is dead.
Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma announced the death in a statement issued yesterday night.
The statement reads, “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 Obiozor passed on recently after a brief illness”, the statement read in parts.
Governor Uzodimma described the death of this foremost Igbo leader and former Nigeria’s ambassador to the United States and the State of Israel, as a big loss to the state, the South East, and 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. May his great and gentle soul rest in peace.”
According to the statement by the state government, his burial arrangements will be announced in due course by the family.
