Former Senator and progenitor of Association for Better Nigeria (ABN), which diligently prosecuted annulment of the June 12, 1993 Presidential election, Francis Arthur Nzeribe is dead.
Late Nzeribe, who later represented the Orlu Zone of Imo State during the 4th Republic, died of an undisclosed ailment at the age of 83.
A family source disclosed that the former lawmaker died on Sunday morning at a foreign hospital where he had been admitted for treatment.
“He died this morning in a hospital abroad. The family will soon release a statement".
The Catalyst Cable recalled that the former member of the National Assembly (NASS) was elected a Senator in 1999, but in November 2002, the then-Senate President Anyim Pius Anyim suspended Nzeribe indefinitely over an allegation of N22 Million fraud.
Also, in April 2006, the Orlu People’s Consultative Assembly, sponsored by the then Governor of Imo State, Achike Udenwa to staged what it called a “One Million Man March” to drum support for Nzeribe’s recall from the Senate.
The late politician was however, defeated by Osita Izunaso during the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primaries for the 2007 Senatorial election in December 2006, thus preventing him from returning to the NASS.
The Catalyst Cable
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