Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate, has expressed condolences over the death of former Anambra State Governor Chinwoke Mbadinuju.
According to news reports, the former governor “died away peacefully” on Tuesday morning at the National Hospital in Abuja, following a brief illness at the age of 78.
The LP flagbearer said in a series of tweets on Tuesday via his verified Twitter account that the death of the former governor is a devastating loss for his immediate family and the state.
Mbadinuju, affectionately known as “Odera,” was described by Obi as a consummate administrator, academic, lawyer, and politician who served Anambra selflessly and diligently.
He appealed to God Almighty to grant him eternal rest in His Kingdom, as well as the fortitude to bear his irreplaceable loss by his immediate family, the Anambra state government, and the inhabitants of the state.
He wrote: “I received the sad news of the transition to glory of Late HE Dr. Chinwoke Mbadinuju (The former Governor of Anambra State), this evening. His passing is certainly a painful loss to his immediate family and Anambra State.
“Mbadinuju, who was fondly called “Odera”, was a consummate administrator, academic, lawyer, and politician who served Anambra selflessly and diligently.
“May God Almighty, who called him home grant him eternal rest in His Kingdom; and also grant the immediate family, Anambra state government, and all of us the fortitude to bear his irreplaceable loss.”
Remember that the late Mbadinuju was governor of Anambra State from May 29, 1999 to May 29, 2003, on the Peoples Democratic Party platform (PDP).
He ran for re-election as governor on the PDP platform, but was refused the party’s ticket under dubious circumstances during the party’s internal turmoil at the time.
Chris Ngige would eventually win the party’s governorship ticket ahead of the state’s governorship election on April 19, 2003.
Mbadinuju resigned from the PDP to the now-defunct Alliance for Democracy, where he eventually ran as the party’s governorship candidate but lost in the general election.
Ngige of the PDP, who is now Nigeria’s Minister of Labour and Employment, was pronounced the election winner, but he was fired three years later by the Court of Appeal in Enugu.
Mbadinuju worked as a personal assistant to Jim Nwobodo, the former governor of old Enugu State, between 1979 and 1980, before taking on the same post for former Nigerian President Shehu Shagari between 1980 and 1983.
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