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  • News - South East - Anambra
  • Updated: December 02, 2020

Ex-Biafra Officer, Nwobosi To Be Accorded State Burial

Ex-Biafra Officer, Nwobosi To Be Accorded State Burial

Col Emmanuel Nworah Nwobosi, formerly a Captain in the Nigerian Army, Colonel in the Biafran Army, as well as Chief of Staff to the late Biafran leader, General Odumegwu Ojukwu, would be accorded full state burial by the Anambra State Government, AllNews reports.

Col Nwobosi died at the age of 82 on Tuesday, November 24, at his Obosi country home, in Idemili North Local Government of Anambra State.

His son, Hon Ike Emmanuel Nwobosi Jnr, a Special Assistant to Governor Willie Obiano on Internally Generated Revenue, gave the update on Monday while briefing journalists on the burial plans.

Nwobosi Jnr said Governor Obiano who was one of the early callers to the Obosi residence of Nwobosi, expressed sadness over his father’s demise and promised that the state government would ensure that he would be given a befitting burial.

He disclosed that the late Nwobosi was supposed to have a private meeting with Governor Obiano in the afternoon before he passed on in the morning of the same day.

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He described his late father as an elder statesman whose sense of humour and ability to heal broken hearts was exemplary and a man who was loyal.

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