Following news of the demise of the present President General of Ohanaeze NdiIgbo, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, the All Progressives Congress, APC, South East has described thw late businessman and politician as a statesman.
This was contained in a statement put out by the National Vice Chairman of the party in the South East, Dr. Ijeomah Arodiogbu.
Arodiogbu announced that he had received the news of Iwuanyanwu’s demise with shock, lamenting that the demise had thrown the whole.Igbo land into mourning.
Part of the statement read as thus:
“Just as we were celebrating the passage of the South East Development Commission Bill into law, Igbo land has been thrown into another round of mourning as one of our finest statesmen, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu ‘Ahaejiagamba’, astute politician, businessman, publisher, philanthropist and pillar of sports has just departed this sinful world.
I received the news with shock as it didn’t dawn onany of us that the President General of the pan Igbo group, Ohanaeze NdiIgbo was sick as he had actively participated in a number of activities of which we benefited from his wise counsel and immense wealth of experience, we will surely miss the towering statesman who’s presence awed many.
His many forays into politics, business and sports benefitted the nation and NdiIgbo. In both politics and publishing he gave NdiIgbo a voice and a platform in which we could promote and protect our interests as a zone. Even in sports, his football club, Iwuanyanwu National won so many laurels for the country, even today with the state government taking over the club , Heartland Football Club is still a part of the legacy of Chief Iwuanyanwu.”
Arodiogbu also extended his condolences to the immediate and extended family of Chief Iwuanyanwu, Ohanaeze NdiIgbo , Governor Hope Uzodinma as well as the people of Imo State.