President Goodluck Jonathan has received with much sadness and ``a
deep feeling of great national loss'' news of the passing away of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu in the United Kingdom.
A statement issued by his spokesman, Reuben Abati, in Abuja on Saturday
said President Jonathan joined Ojukwu's family, the government
and people of his home state, Anambra, the entire Igbo people of Nigeria
and his friends, associates and followers across the country in
mourning him.
The president urged them to be comforted by the knowledge that ``Chief
Ojukwu lived a most fulfilled life, and has in passing on, left behind a
record of very notable contributions to the evolution of modern Nigeria
which will assure his place in the history of the country.''
The statement said Mr. Jonathan believed that late Ojukwu's immense
love for his people, justice, equity and fairness forced him into the
leading role he played in the Nigerian civil war.
He commended the departed's commitment to reconciliation and the full
reintegration of his people into a united and progressive Nigeria in the
aftermath of the war.
These, qualities, he said, would ensure that he was remembered forever
as one of the great personalities of his time who stood out easily as a
brave, courageous, fearless, erudite and charismatic leader.
The president called on Ojukwu's family, his associates and
followers to make his rites of passage a celebration of his most worthy
and memorable life spent in the service of his people and of the nation.
He prayed that God would grant Ojukwu's soul eternal rest from his earthly labours.
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