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Last of the Zikist Movement, Chief Mbazulike Amechi Is Gone.
The only surviving member of the Zikist Movement and Nigeria’s first Aviation Minister in the botched First Republic, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi is.
He died in the early hours of today, Tuesday, 1st November, 2022, according to an official statement released by the family which is signed by Ezeana Tagbo Amechi.
The Octogenarian who hailed from Amihe village in Ukpor, Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State, was a Nationalist and the last of the Zikist Movement.
The statement by the family reads in part: “With total deference to the will of the Almighty God, the Ume Amechi, Ezeana Ihinede families and the Umu Mmara kindred of Amihe Ukpor in 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.
“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 prayers”
The Commissioner for Information in Anambra State, Paul Nwosu has equally confirmed the death of one of the greatest sons of the Igbo nation and prominent elder statesman.
Chief Mbazulike Amechi’s last major public outing was in November, 2021 when he led the delegation of some prominent Igbo leaders on a visit to President Buhari in Aso Rock to plead for the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
