Erudite diplomat and President-General of Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Nd’igbo, worldwide, Prof George Obiozor is dead.
According to a formal statement, Obiozor, who was a former Nigeria’s ambassador to the United States and the State of Israel, died on Wednesday after a brief illness.
Imo State governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, who announced Prof. Obiozor’s death in a personally signed statement Wednesday, noted that his death amounts to great loss Nd’igbo worldwide.
Uzodinma described the death of the renowned diplomat and accomplished academician as a great loss to Nd’igbo worldwide.
He described him as “renowned academic, an exceptional diplomat, a statesman and a tenacious patriot.”
The statement reads, “On behalf of the Government and people of Imo State, I, Senator Hope Uzodimma, the Executive Governor of Imo State, sorrowfully announce the passage of a great Son of Imo State and Nigeria, the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, worldwide, Prof George Obiozor.
“A renowned academic, an exceptional diplomat, a statesman and a tenacious patriot, Prof George Obiozor passed on recently after a brief illness.
“The death of this foremost Igbo leader and former Nigeria’s ambassador to the United States and the State of Israel, is a big loss to Imo State, the South East and the entire Nigeria.
“I have no doubt that both Nigeria and the international community will miss his profound intellectual contributions and wise counsel on national and global issues.”
“May his great and gentle soul rest in peace”, Uzodinma prayed.
Prof. Obiozor’s burial arrangements are expected be announced by the family in due course.
Born on 15 August, 1942, he died on 28 December, 2022
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