Professor Joe Irukwu, a former President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, is dead.
Daily Report Nigeria reports that the elder statesman died on Saturday at the age of 89.
Irukwu’s demise was announced in a statement by Prince Harrison Eze Okorie, President General of the Amaokwe Item Welfare Union.
Okorie said, “The Amaokwe Item Welfare Union, on behalf of the entire Amaba Ukwu kindred and the immediate family, hereby announce the glorious but painful demise of our great patron, father, grandfather, son and brother, PROF (CHIEF)JOSEPH OGBONNAYA IRUKWU, SAN, CFR.
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“The Union, on behalf Amaokwe Community, commiserate with the family and pray to God to grant his soul peaceful rest.
“The Union enjoin all Amaokwe sons and daughters to mourn the exit of this giant as we also remember to uphold his family in prayers in this moment of grief.”
The late Irukwu was a lawyer, lecturer, author and insurance guru.
He was the founding Managing Director of Nigerian Reinsurance Corporation and founded the African Development Insurance Company, which was later sold to Diamond Bank.
Irukwu obtained a degree in Law and Insurance from a British university back in 1962.
