Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma has described as devastating and unexpected the death of the former Governor of old Abia State and one time Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu.
A statement by the Chief Press Secretary and Media Adviser to the Governor, Oguwike Nwachuku, said Governor Uzodimma received with shock the sad, devastating and unexpected news of the passing of Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, a man he loves to describe as one of Nigeria’s intellectual and political giants, with extraordinary gentility.
The statement quotes the governor as noting that with Dr. Onu’s death, the South East, Nigeria and the global community have lost a statesman who believed so much in the unity, peace, progress and development of Nigeria.
Uzodimma added that Dr. Onu, 73, remained a leading light in the All Progressives Congress (APC) family, having imbibed the tenets of progressive democracy as the easiest route to serve the people.
Governor Uzodimma therefore consoles the APC family, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the government of Nigeria, the South East geopolitical zone, the government and people of Ebonyi State and all political associates of the deceased, over the huge loss.
Editor: Ken Eseni
