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Ohanaeze Ndigbo President-General, George Obiozor, is dead

The President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, George Obiozor, has reportedly died.

It was gathered that Obiozor died of a heart-related disease on Monday, December 26.

A chieftain of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the apex Igbo body would not announce Obiozor’s death until his family makes the announcement.

“The man is dead but it’s not in our tradition to announce such death even when we have such information, we allow the family members to make such an announcement.

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“He died on Monday of heart-related disease. I’m not specific about where he died but he travelled abroad and returned to Lagos.

“I was called in the early hours of December 26th that he died in the morning,” the source disclosed.

Meanwhile, Obiozor’s family has yet to announce his demise as of the time of filing this report.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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