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SENATOR UCHE CHUKWUMERIJE IS DEAD

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 The senator
representing Abia North Senatorial District, Distinguished Senator Uche
Chukwumerije, 76, is dead. Senator Chukwumerije’s demise was announced Sunday
by his son, Chika, a 2008 Beijing Olympic Bronze medalist. He died on at the
Turkish Hospital, Abuja, after a brief ailment.
In a statement, the
senate described the late senator as a political giant and one of the nation’s
finest legislator.
Senate Spokesman,
Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe in a statement said: “The Senate will surely miss his
erudite contributions on the floor of the chamber and his painstaking approach
to committee work. Chukwumerije was indeed an embodiment of legislative tradition
and consummate activists democrat who loved his people passionately”, he said.

Chukwumerije
according to Abaribe will be remembered for his deep love for Ndigbo, which was
manifested in his relentless struggle for the total political and social emancipation
of the race over the years.
Continuing, Abaribe
said the late Senator’s love for Nigeria and her corporate existence was
unprecedented.
The late Senator
Chukwumerije was first elected to the Nigerian senate in 2003. He had served as
Minister of Information in the military administration of General Ibrahim
Babangida and the Ernest Shonekan led Interim National Government.
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