The first-ever elected Vice President of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme is dead, aged 85, reports
ITRealms.
He died on Sunday, November 19, 2017 by 10pm at The London
Clinic.
Confirming this to ITRealms, his younger brother and Igwe of
Oko in Anambra State, His Royal Highness, Prof. Laz Ekwueme, noted that the
family regrets to announce the peaceful passing away of their patriarch, the
former Vice President.
The sad event, he said occurred at The London Clinic on
Sunday.
Part of the statement read “Ekwueme family regrets to
announce the peaceful passing away of their patriarch, the former
Vice-President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Dr Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme
GCON.
“The sad event occurred at the London Clinic at 10:00 pm on
Sunday 19th November 2017.”
ITRealms recalls that Ekwueme had fell in his Enugu
residence, and was subsequently rushed to the Memfys Neurosurgery Hospital
Enugu, where he eventually relapsed into coma.
But as soon as he was stabilised in the hospital he was
flown to London in an air ambulance last week.
Born on 21 October 1932, late Dr. Ekwueme was the first elected Vice-President of Nigeria, in office from 1979 to 1983 under the Alhaji Shehu Shagari presidency.
Also known as the Ide of
the Oko kingdom in Anambra State, where his younger brother Prof Lazarus Ekwueme, reigns as the traditional ruler. He was also honoured by
the council of Traditional Rulers in the old Aguata as the Ide of Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State comprising forty-four (44) towns.
He started primary school
at the St John's Anglican Central School, at Ekwulobia, then he proceeded to King's College, Lagos. As an awardee of the Fulbright Scholarship in the United States of America; being one of the first Nigerians to gain the award.
Dr. Ekwueme attended the University of Washington where he earned bachelor's degree in Architecture and
city planning, following his master's degree in urban planning.
Equally, Dr Ekwueme earned
degrees in sociology, history, philosophy and law from the University of London, before proceeded to obtain a Ph.D. in Architecture from the
University of Strathclyde, before gaining the BL (honours) degree from the Nigerian Law School.
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