BREAKING: Former Abia Governor, Ogbonnaya Onu Is Dead
- The death of a former minister of science and technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, has been announced by a close source
- The first civil governor of Abia state reportedly passed on after a brief illness in an undisclosed hospital
- Onu resigned in 2022 to contest for the presidential ticket of the All Progressive Congress (APC) but lost to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
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Abia state - The first civil governor of Abia state, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu has reportedly passed on at the age of 72.
It was gathered that Onu died after a brief illness in an undisclosed hospital in the country.
Source: Twitter
As reported by the Nigerian Tribune, a source close to the deceased disclosed this on Thursday, April 11.
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The former governor served as minister of science and technology under Muhammadu Buhari's administration between 2015 to 2022.
He resigned in 2022 to contest for the presidential ticket of the All Progressive Congress (APC) but lost to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Ogbonnaya Onu's profile
The late former governor was born to the family of His Royal Highness, Late Eze David Aba Onu, Eze Adu on December 1, 1951, according to Vanguard.
He hailed from Uburu in Ohaozara local government area of Ebonyi state
Educational background of Ogbonnaya Onu
He obtained grade one with distinction in his West African School Certificate examination at Izzi High School, Abakaliki, Ebonyi state.
He graduated as the best overall student at the College of Immaculate Conception, CIC, Enugu.
Onu graduated with a first-class honours degree in Chemical Engineering at the University of Lagos (UNILAG)
Political career
Dr Onu was elected the first Governor of old Abia state in 1991 under the umbrella of the National Republican Convention (NRC)
He was the first Chairman of the Conference of Nigerian elected governors.
Former minister, Gabriel Aduku, dies at 80
Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that a former minister of State for Health, Chief Gabriel Aduku, passed on in the United States of America (USA) following a brief illness.
Aduke died on Monday morning, March 11, 2024.
Mamman Osman, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) replaced Aduku as the ACF national chairman in December 2023, following a series of allegations against him.
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