...As Atiku, Ibori mourn deceased Ohanaeze President-General
Nigeria's ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo has described a huge loss, the death of George Obiozor, the President-General of the apex Igbo socio-political organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo.
He further described the late Obiozor as a firm believer in democracy and justice as vital instruments in nation-building.
Obasanjo’s Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi stated this in a statement on Thursday.
Obasanjo, Nigeria’s former President (1999-2007) and the African Union (AU) High Representative to the Horn of Africa who is currently in Ethiopia said “The good work he did while he served as Nigerian Ambassador to Israel and the United States of America was a fitting complement to my administration’s painstaking efforts to re-make the international profile of our dear country”.
“Indeed, for the enviable and sensitive positions he occupied both at home and abroad, and the developmental roles he played while in active service, Ambassador Obiozor would be fondly and proudly remembered as a foremost multilateralist, an erudite scholar, a passionate nationalist, and a diplomatic legend of international repute. He was an icon and a true Nigerian.”
Also, the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party and former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar mourn the death of the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Professor George Obiozor.
The PDP presidential flag-bearer in a press statement personally signed by him on Thursday morning said that he received the news of Professor Obiozor’s death with rude shock.
Atiku noted that the late former Nigerian ambassador to several foreign missions is a huge loss for the country. - Independent.
