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President
Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has received with much sadness and a deep feeling of
great national loss news of the passing away of Chief Chukwemeka Odumegwu
Ojukwu in the United Kingdom.
President Jonathan joins Chief Ojukwu’s family, the government and people of
his home state, Anambra, the entire Igbo people of Nigeria and his friends,
associates and followers across the country in mourning him.
The President urges them to be comforted by the knowledge that Chief Ojukwu
lived a most fulfilled life, and has in passing on, left behind a record of
very notable contributions to the evolution of modern Nigeria which will assure
his place in the history of the country.
President Jonathan believes that late Chief Ojukwu’s immense love for his
people, justice, equity and fairness which forced him into the leading role he
played in the Nigerian civil war, as well as his commitment to reconciliation
and the full reintegration of his people into a united and progressive Nigeria
in the aftermath of the war, will ensure that he is remembered forever as one
of the great personalities of his time who stood out easily as a brave,
courageous, fearless, erudite and charismatic leader. The President calls on
Chief Ojukwu’s family, his associates and followers to make his rites of
passage a celebration of his most worthy and memorable life spent in the
service of his people and the nation. He prays that God Almighty will grant
Chief Ojukwu’s soul eternal rest from his earthly labours.
Reuben Abati, Ph.D.
Special Adviser to the President
(Media & Publicity)
(Media & Publicity)
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