‘Nigeria Lost A Rare Gem’ – Ohanaeze Mourns Ezeife

Chukwuemeka Ezeife


The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Friday, said it received with shock ‘the passing on of former Governor of Anambra State, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife’.

Our correspondent reported that Ezeife died in Abuja Thursday night.

Dr Chiedozie Alex Ogbonnia, the National Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, stated this in a release he made available to THE WHISTLER in Enugu.



According to him, “Okwadike (as Ezeife was fondly called) was a consistent purveyor of morals, justice and equity. He was a remarkable advocate of progressivism in its purest tradition.
“Ezeife was an unwavering and steadfast personality. He was on the side of the masses, the vulnerable and the downtrodden.”


The President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, in the release, lamented that ‘the Igbo have been afflicted with a chain of catastrophes within a very short space of time’.

He made references to the departed such as Prof George Obiozor, Prof Joe Irukwu, Prof Ben Nwabueze, Chief Mbazulike Amechi, and Dr Sylvanus Olisanye Ebigwei.

Iwuanyanwu qualified Ezeife ‘as a quintessential Igbo in all ramifications’, adding that ‘Nigeria has lost a rare gem’.