Nigeria’s first Aviation Minister and one of the First Republic political leaders, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi has died at the of 93.
Amaechi it was who had led a delegation of eminent Igbo sons and daughter to President Muhammadu Buhari earlier this year to request for the release of the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.
The late Amaechi had asked the president to hand over Kanu to him as a mark of respect and that he would guarantee peace in the South-East.
The news of his death was announced by the family in a statement signed by Azeana Tagbo Amaechi, on Tuesday stated that he died peacefully in the early hours of today November 1, 2022.
The statement read, “With total deference to the will of the Almighty God, the Ume Amaechi, Ezeana Ihinede families and the Umu Mmara kindred of Amihe Ukpor in the Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State announce the peaceful transition of our illustrious son, father and grandfather, Chief Mbazulike Amechi (Dara Akunwafor), Nationalist and First Republic Minister of Aviation of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, who transitioned peacefully in the early hours of today November 1, 2022.
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“We thank God for the fulfilled life that he lived, the lives that he touched and his service to God and Country. We respectfully ask that you keep us in your thoughts and prayers at this time.”
Amechi, who hailed from Amihe village in Ukpor, Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State, was a nationalist and the only surviving member of the Zikist Movement.