By PAMELA EBOH, Awka

Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has commiserated with the family of the first Executive Governor of the state, Dr Chinwoke Mbadinuju (Odera), who passed away yesterday, Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at the age of 78.

Soludo in a condolence message signed by his Press Secretary, Christian Aburime, consoled the family and also sympathised with Uli Community in Ihiala Council Area as well as the entire people of Anambra State for the loss.

He said: “The late ‘Odera’ will be fondly remembered for passing a law that created the Anambra Vigilante Services, establishing Anambra State University, Uli, among other legacy projects.”

The Governor asked the family to ensure his good legacies are sustained, even as he prayed “for the Almighty God to grant his soul eternal rest”.

Similarly, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has expressed grief over the death of the former governor Mbadinuju.

The acting President General of the group, Chief Damian Okeke Ogene, in a press statement described the late former governor as a good man.

He said: “Mbadinuju played his own role in the socioeconomic development of the state.

Well, death is a due everybody must pay and you don’t know when. It is sad that Mbadinuju is dead, but I must say that he was a good man and he did a lot for the socioeconomic development of Anambra State.

“We pray God to give him eternal rest and we console his family members to bear the lost with fortitude.”

Mbadinuju was Governor of Anambra State from May 29, 1999 to May 29, 2023.

He was elected Governor on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The demise of the former Governor was announced by his son, Cheta Chinwoke Mbadinuju, Esq on behalf of the family.

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