Nigerian Senator Uche Chukwumerije died on Sunday, April 19, 2015 after a long battle with lung cancer, his family has disclosed.Senator Uche Chukwumerije
In a statement, issued by Che Chidi Chukwumerije, the family stated that Senator Chukwumerije was "surrounded by his family", as he "passed into the open arms of history, and of our Lord Jesus Christ, after a long but gallant battle with lung cancer." SaharaReport announced that the Nigerian legislator died at the Turkish Hospital in Abuja, Nigeria's capital, at the age of 75.
Senator Chukwumerije, Publisher of the defunct AFRICOPE Magazine of Lagos, came to national prominence when he served as Information Minister in the interim government of Mr. Ernest Shonekan and, briefly, in the regime of the late General Sani Abacha. He later won a seat to the National Assembly in Abuja, where he served as a Senator from Abia State. He was Chairman of the Senate Committee on Education.
The statement by Senator Chukumerije's family added that burial arrangements would be announced at a later date. We all mourn with the family!
(Information shared by A.B. Assensoh, former Europe-based Correspondent for AFRISCOPE Magazine of Lagos, Nigeria)
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