Okonjo, Iweala families cry out over reports on purported recent death of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s father
Late Professor (Obi) Chukuka Okonjo
The Okonjo and Iweala families of Delta and Abia states respectively have lamented the distress caused by reports purporting that the immediate past Obi of Ogwashi-Uku, Professor (Obi) Chukuka Okonjo, father of Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, died two days ago – on March 15, 2021.
A statement issued on Wednesday morning by Paul C Nwabuikwu, Media Adviser to Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, clarified that “Professor (Obi) Chukuka Okonjo died in 2019, not March 15, 2021.”
The statement lamented that as a result of the false reports, “the Okonjo and Iweala families have been inundated by condolence messages and enquiries.”
“It is difficult to know the agenda behind this strange and very unprofessional story published on the eve of the 91st birthday of Professor Kamene Okonjo, the late Obi’s wife.
“But the inaccurate reports and the reactions they have elicited from family, friends and associates are causing the family much distress.
“We urge media platforms still carrying the reports to desist in the interest of decency and professionalism,” Nwabuikwu said.
