BREAKING George Obiozor, the President-General of the apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, is reportedly dead.

BREAKING

George Obiozor, the President-General of the apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, is reportedly dead.

POLITICS NIGERIA learned about Obiozor’s exit from a highly positioned chieftain of the organization.

Obiozor died of a heart-related disease Monday, but the apex Igbo body would not announce Obiozor’s demise until his family formally makes the announcement.

“The man is dead but it’s not in our tradition to announce such death even when we have such information, we allow the family members to make such an announcement.

“He died on Monday of heart-related disease. I’m not specific about where he died but he travelled abroad and returned to Lagos.

“I was called in the early hours of December 26th that he died in the early hours,” a highly-placed chieftain of Ohanaeze said.

Obiozor is a Nigerian professor and diplomat. The 80-year-old was the Nigerian Ambassador to the United States of America (USA).