President Tinubu mourns Chief Ogbonnaya Onu

President Bola Tinubu has extended his deepest condolences to the Onu family over the passing of Chief Ogbonnaya Onu, CON. Chief Onu passed away on Thursday, 11 April at 72 years. In a statement by his special adviser on media and publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, the President mourns a luminous star in Nigeria’s political firmament. The president said the first civilian governor of Abia State; former minister of Science, Technology and Innovation was “a principal draughtsman in the founding of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and a valiant partner in the victory of the party in the 2015 elections”. Celebrating the life of an accomplished scholar, first-class engineer; a man of proven integrity; defiant to indiscipline but yielding to the highest standards of rectitude, President Tinubu stated that “Chief Onu epitomizes Nigeria in concord; in wholeness, as the late statesman believed in and defended Nigeria’s unity, advocated peace, and promoted fellowship across the Niger”. The President also condoled with the friends and associates of Chief Onu, Ebonyi and Abia State Governments, and all Nigerians grieving this gaping loss while praying God grants repose to the gentle soul of this great leader.