Gov. Hope Uzodinma Mourns Ohanaeze President General Amidst Mixed Reactions

Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, has formally announced the death of the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Prof George Obiozor.

Prof. Obiozor’s death on Wednesday generated mixed reactions as sources close to the family claimed that the Ohanaeze President General was still alive against news making rounds that he died on December 26 in an undisclosed medical facility.

However, in a statement personally signed by Uzodinma on Wednesday night, he regretted the passage of the “foremost Igbo leader”

Describing Obiozor, a former Nigerian ambassador to Isreal as a “renowned academic, an exceptional diplomat and statesman and a tenacious patriot, the Imo State Governor disclosed that Prof George Obiozor died after a brief illness.”

“On behalf of the government and people of Imo state, I, Sen Hope Uzodimma, the Executive Governor of Imo state, sorrowfuly announce the passage of a great Son of Imo state and Nigeria, the President General of ohanaeze Ndigbo, worldwide, Prof George OBIOZOR.

“A renowned academic, an exceptional diplomat and statesman and a tenacious patriot, Prof George Obiozor passed on recently after a brief illness.

“The death of this foremost Igbo leader and former NIGERIA’S ambassador to the United States and the State of Israel, is a big loss to Imo state, the South East and the entire Nigeria.

“I have no doubt that both Nigeria and the international community will miss his profound intellectual contributions and wise counsel on national and global issues.

“His burial arrangements will be announced in due course by the family,” read the statement.