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 Inisi 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 glare. 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. Vanguard adds that 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.
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