New
details have emerged where the late senator Offia Nwali died as the
news of his death sends out shocking waves over Nigerians.
Offia Nwali
The Nigeria Police in Ebonyi State
have confirmed that the Second Republic Senator Martin Offia Nwali died
in a pond behind his house.
ASP George Okafor, the Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), made the confirmation in Abakaliki.
He said Nwali’s corpse was found in a pond at the back of his
building in his hometown of Ameka, Ezza South Local Government Area, at
the weekend.
“We cannot establish whether he drowned inside the pond or
whether he was killed but investigations have commenced to unravel the
mystery behind his death.
“We have not made any arrest so far but we assure the citizens
of the state that we would ensure that the matter is investigated to its
logical conclusion,” he said.
Meanwhile, Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi has described the death
of 74-year-old Nwali as a ‘monumental loss’ to the state and nation.
Umahi, who commiserated with Nwali’s family during a condolence
visit on Tuesday, described him as a great scientist and patriotic
Nigerian.
“His death is shocking to all citizens of the state as his life
which was full of mysteries, embodied truth and commitment to the
state’s cause,” he said.
The governor who was accompanied by the Secretary to the State
Government, Prof. Bernard Odoh, and top government officials, urged
Nwali’s children to immortalise him.
“You should live just and principled lives which your late father epitomised during his sojourn on earth .
“The state government would assist the family during his burial and afterwards while upholding the legacies he left behind,” he said.
Nwali’s first son, Oguzor, said that his corpse had been deposited at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki mortuary.
Oguzor described his father as a legend, noting that his love for the unity of the state, Igbo race and Nigeria, knew no bounds.
Nwali was one of the first Africans to obtain a doctorate degree in
Computer and Analytical Studies from Harvard University, U.S.
His return to Nigeria in 1972 was facilitated by a former Inspector
General of Police, Muhammadu Yusuf, as he was appointed Chairman of the
School Board by the then East Central State Government.
He represented Abakaliki Senatorial District at the National
Assembly from 1979 to 1983 and was the first individual to submit a
written request for the creation of Ebonyi on Oct. 10, 1979.
Nwali lost his entire family in a Forker 28-plane crash at the Enugu Airport in 1983 but later remarried.
The Police Command in Ebonyi also confirmed the retrieval of the
corpses of two students of Federal Government College, Okposi in
Ohaoazara Local Government Area, from a stream in the area.
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