Senator Uche Chukwumerije is dead

Former Information Minister and Senator representing Abia North Senatorial District, Uche Chukwumerije, has passed on.
The Senate announced his death as he passed on in the evening of Sunday in the Turkish Hospital, Abuja. His first son, Chidi Chukwumerije in a statement also disclosed the death of his father

The statement read; “On the evening of Sunday, the 19th of April, 2015, surrounded by his family, Comrade Uche Chukwumerije passed into the open arms of history, and of our Lord Jesus Christ, after a long but gallant battle with lung cancer.

“His life is many volumes, which can only be told with care and time, of dedication and focus, integrity and discipline, and an unbroken love for the highest ideals of our shared humanity.

“Details of burial arrangements will be announced in due course. We ask only for your prayers and good wishes.”

He was born on November 1939 and elected a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in April 2003, representing Abia North Senatorial District on the platform of the PDP.

He studied Economics at the University of Ibadan