Ihuoma Chiedozie, EnuguSecond Republic vice president, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, is dead. The elder statesman’s death was disclosed in a statement issued by the Ekwueme family of Oko, in Anambra State. 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. READ ALSO: Ekwueme’s death, painful – ObianoThe elder statesman was rushed to the hospital after collapsing at his residence in the Independence Layout area of Enugu on October 28. It was learnt that the elder statesman was in a coma at the time he was admitted to the hospital.

Source: Punch November 20, 2017 05:29 UTC