Foremost Nigeria's Constitutional lawyer and erstwhile Secretary General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide, Professor Ben Nwabueze (SAN), is dead.
Late Nwabueze who has been ill for sometime died in his Lagos home on Sunday, October 29. He was 94.
Ben Nwabueze, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), was born in 1931. He is from Atani, Anambra State.
The spokesperson for the family, Eni Nwabueze, confirmed his demise in a statement released on Monday, October 30.
"With great sadness, we announce the passing on to celestial glory of our patriarch, Professor B. O. Nwabueze SAN, NNOM, CON, pioneer Secretary-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo and the Oduah Afo-na-isagba of Atani, Anambra State, on Sunday, October 29, 2023, aged 94. He lived an exemplary life of consequence. Burial arrangements will be announced in due course.''
May his soul rest in peace, Amen.
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