Former governor of Abia state and immediate past Minister of Science and Technology, Chief Ogbonnaya Onu is dead.
Onu reportedly died at a hospital in Abuja this morning.
A close friend of the deceased, Chief Chekwas Okorie told THE CONCLAVE that Onu suffered a stroke on Wednesday from which he did not recover.
It was learnt that he had the first bout of partial stroke which he had battled in recent times before the fatal second stroke.
Read Also:Â Obaseki Picks 37-Year-Old UNIBEN Graduate As New Deputy Governor
The American trained scientist, teacher and politician was 71 years old.
Ogbonnaya Onu was a lecturer at University of Port Harcourt before he made a foray into National Politics during the scuttled transition to civilian rule of former president Ibrahim Babangida from 1991 to 1993.
He was elected governor in 1992 and served till the late Sani Abacha overthrew Ernest Shonekan’s administration in 1994.
Onu remained in politics and made a few attempts to run for President.
He resigned as minister of science and technology in the Buhari administration to contest the presidential primaries in 2022.
His family had yet to make a formal statement, as of the time of this report, on his death.
