{"id":19271,"date":"2017-11-20T08:26:57","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T07:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=19271"},"modified":"2017-11-20T08:26:57","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T07:26:57","slug":"alex-ekwueme-dies-london-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/alex-ekwueme-dies-london-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Ekwueme Dies in London hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Second Republic vice president, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, is dead.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The elder statesman\u2019s death was disclosed in a statement issued by the Ekwueme family of Oko, in Anambra State.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The statement was reportedly released in the early hours of\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Monday<\/span><\/span>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The statement, signed by the former vice president\u2019s brother, and the traditional ruler of Oko in Anambra State, Igwe Laz Ekwueme, explained that he passed on around\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">10:00 pm<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Sunday<\/span><\/span>, in a London hospital.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The statement read, \u201cEkwueme family regrets to announce the peaceful passing away of their patriarch, the former Vice-President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme, GCON.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThe sad event occurred at the London Clinic at\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">10:00 pm<\/span><\/span>\u00a0on Sunday, 19th November, 2017.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It would be recalled that Ekwueme was hospitalised in Memfys Neurosurgery Hospital, Enugu, for about two weeks before he was flown abroad for medical treatment on November 12.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>The elder statesman was rushed to the hospital after collapsing at his residence in the Independence Layout area of Enugu on October 28.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It was learnt that the elder statesman was in a coma at the time he was admitted to the hospital.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ekwueme, who celebrated his 85th birthday on\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">October 10<\/span><\/span>, reportedly suffered from a chest infection, according to his family members.<\/div>\n<div>The elder statesman was rushed to the hospital after collapsing at his residence in the Independence Layout area of Enugu on October 28.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It was learnt that the elder statesman was in a coma at the time he was admitted to the hospital.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ekwueme, who celebrated his 85th birthday on\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">October 10<\/span><\/span>, reportedly suffered from a chest infection, according to his family members.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Second Republic vice president, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, is dead. 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