First Civilian Governor of Abia State and 2023 Presidential Aspirant and former Minister of Science, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, is dead.
Jackson Ude disclosed this in a post via his official X handle.
He announced that Onu died in Abuja on Thursday after a brief illness.
“First Civilian Governor of Abia State, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, has passed on this morning in an Abuja hospital. Good Night, Dr. Onu. May your soul Rest In Peace. Amen”, he wrote.
Onu, a member of the All Progressive Party, lost out against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the party’s presidential primary in 2022.
He was a Science, Technology and Innovation minister under former President Muhammadu Buhari from 2019-2022.
Onu, aged 72, was born on December 1, 1951.
