Governor of Anambra State in Southeast Nigeria, Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, CFR has commiserated with the family of Chinwoke Mbadinuju (Odera), the first Executive Governor of the state, who passed on earlier today, April 11, 2023 at the age of 78.
The governor in a statement said the demise of the former Governor was announced by his son, Cheta Chinwoke Mbadinuju, Esq on behalf of the family.
The late Mbadinuju was the former Governor of Anambra State from May 1999 to 29 May 2003. He was elected Governor on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party.
Governor Soludo who had consoled the family also sympathised with Uli Community in Ihiala Council Area as well as the entire people of Anambra State for the loss.
The Governor notes that 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.
Meanwhile, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has expressed grief over the death of the former governor.
The acting president General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Damian Okeke Ogene in a press statement, described the late former governor, as a good man.
He said: “Mbadinuju played his role in the socioeconomic development of Anambra 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.
“I must say that every administration that served in Anambra state had those good and stronghold of what they impacted in the state ”
“We pray God to give him eternal rest and we console his family members to bear the loss with fortitude,” he stated.
