Christopher Isiguzo in Enugu
Nigeria’s Second Republic Vice-President, Dr. Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme, who died Sunday night at a London clinic at the age of 85, will be remembered for many things.
As one of Nigeria’s foremost advocates for the restructuring of the country, it was Ekwueme at the conference that authored Nigeria’s zonal structure.
Reacting to his death Monday morning, a statement by the President General of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, said: “Nigeria has lost in Dr. Alex Ekwueme one of the foremost advocates for a restructured federation.â€
According to Nwodo, the late former vice-president was intellectually forthright, engaging, loyal and outstandingly patriotic.
May his soul rest in peace,†he added.