Nigeria’s former Vice President, Dr. Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme, is dead, a family source has said.
A statement from his family signed by his brother and the traditional ruler of Oko, in Anambra State, Igwe Laz Ekwueme, disclosed that the elder-statesman died in a London hospital on Sunday night at 10:00 p.m.
The statement read: “Ekwueme family regrets to announce the peaceful passing away of their patriarch, the former Vice-President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Dr. Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme GCON.
“The sad event occurred at the London Clinic at 10:00 p.m. on Sunday 19th November 2017.”
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