By Chukwudi Nweje, Lagos
The Igbo intelligentsia, Aka Ikenga and the Cultural Credibility Development Initiative (CCDI), have condoled the family of Prof Benjamin Obi Nwabueze, Nigeria, the legal profession and Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide on the death of the foremost constitutional lawyer and erstwhile Secretary General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide.
President of Aka Ikenga, Chike Madueke, and President CCDI, Ide Goddy Uwazurike, in separate personal tributes described Nwabueze as a good man,
The Aka Ikenga president noted that Ndigbo and Nigeria have lost an intellectual asset.
He said, Nwabueze “was a good man and Ndigbo and Nigeria have lost an intellectual asset. May his soul Rest in Peace.”
On his part, Uwazurike described Nwabueze’s death as a huge loss to the legal profession, Ohanaeze Ndigbo and Nigeria.
He stated that Nwabueze is “a great man by all ramifications” and noted that he would be “greatly missed.”
He wrote, “It is with sadness that Credibility Group has learnt of the death of the great man, Prof Ben Nwabueze SAN. Yes, a great man by all ramifications. He was called the Oracle of Law by the great Rotimi Williams SAN of immortal memory.
“Prof Ben Nwabueze was a consummate law, a professor of law who insisted on doing a written examination for his LLD, a mentor of many, the first academic to be conferred with the Prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria, a Secretary General of Ohanaeze, a Minister (Secretary) of Education in Nigeria, a professor of law in a good number of countries.
“It is also worth mentioning that Ohanaeze Ndigbo has lost three eminent chieftains recently.
“Prof Joe Irukwu SAN, Chief George Uwechuo, SAN, yesterday, and now Prof Ben Nwabueze, SAN. Their memory will last forever.”
According to family sources, Nwabueze, who was born in 1931, in Atani, Anambra State, Nwabueze died on Sunday, evening in his home aged 92.