By Bologi M. Maikudi
Former Vice President, Alex Ekwueme, has died in London at the age of 85.
According to a statement by his brother and the traditional ruler of Oko in Anambra State, Igwe (Professor) Laz Ekwueme, Alex Ekwueme died at 10:00 pm.
“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.
“The sad event occurred at the London Clinic at 10:00 pm on Sunday 19th November 2017,” the statement read in part.
The former vice president, who turned 85 in October, reportedly collapsed in his Enugu residence few weeks ago.
He was immediately taken to the Memfys Neurosurgery Hospital, Enugu, where he relapsed and went into a coma.
President Muhammadu Buhari had directed that he be immediately flown abroad for better medical treatment.
Ekwueme was the country’s first executive vice president between 1979 between and 1983.
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