The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has formally announced the death of its President-General Professor George Obiozor.
The organisation, in an issued statement yesterday, described Obiozor as a “great achiever and perfect gentleman of immense proportions.”
In the statement titled: ‘Igbo titan bows out’, issued by its National Public Secretary, Dr. Chiedozie Alex Ogbonnia, the group said the “most endearing of the Obiozor mystique can be summarised in character; the courage of his convictions, steadfastness and uncompromising commitment to his goals.”
“It is with pain and sorrow in our hearts that the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide and indeed all the Igbo sons and daughters received the news of the passing of Ambassador Professor George Obiozor, CON, (Ugwumba). Until his death, he was the President General of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation”, the statement said.
Recounting his achievements in academic, political and diplomatic spheres, the supreme Igbo group accorded its late helmsman with “irreversible, unquenchable and irresistible national charm, resonance and unprecedented crescendo.”
“Obiozor will be remembered as a man who displayed an uncommon intellect, irrepressible courage, candour, tolerance, large heart and equanimity; he sacrificed his personal comfort in the service of the Igbo nation.
“What stands Obiozor out among his peers is his unique intellectual wizardry, profound sense of humour, extraordinary creative imagination, rationality, clear-headedness, unwavering determination and incandescent passion with which he pursues his views even in most hostile or complex circumstances.
“While we condole the wife, children and the immediate family, we take solace in the fact that when a chronicle of Igbo personages will be launched, some leaders will appear in footnotes, while some chapters will be devoted to Ambassador Professor George Obiozor”.
