BREAKING: PRESIDENT GENERAL OF OHANAEZE NDIGBO, IWUANYANWU IS DEAD

July 25, 2024 • Dons Eze • 1 min read

BREAKING: OHANAEZE PRESIDENT GENERAL, IWUANYANWU, IS DEAD

The President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, is dead.

The elder statesman passed on in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, on Thursday.

Iwuanyanwu is the second President General of Ohanaeze to die in quick succession. He succeedeed the late Professor George Obiozor, who died a few years ago.

The death of Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu was confirmed in a statement on Thursday by Jide Iwuanyanwu, his son.

According to the statement, the 82-year-old Iwuanyanwu died on Thursday after a brief illness.

“The Iwuanyanwu family of Umuohii Atta, in Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo State announces the demise of our patriarch, Engr Chief Emmanuel Chukwuemeka Iwuanyanwu-Ahaejiagamba Ndigbo,” the statement read.

“Chief Iwuanyanwu died on Thursday July 25, 2024 after a brief illness. He was aged 82. Chief Iwuanyanwu before his death was President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide and President of Owerri Peoples Assembly,” he wrote.

The late Chief Iwuanyanwu was the publisher of Champion Newspapers.

Dons Eze

DONS EZE, PhD, Political Philosopher and Journalist of over four decades standing, worked in several newspaper houses across the country, and rose to the positions of Editor and General Manager. A UNESCO Fellow in Journalism, Dr. Dons Eze, a prolific writer and author of many books, attended several courses on Journalism and Communication in both Nigeria and overseas, including a Postgraduate Course on Journalism at Warsaw, Poland; Strategic Communication and Practical Communication Approach at RIPA International, London, the United Kingdom, among others.