Iwuanyanwu: PANDEF Pays Condolence Visit To Family, Promises To Participate Fully In His Burial

The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) led by elder statesman, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, on Sunday, promised to fully participate in the burial of the late President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu.

Iwuanyanwu’s burial has been slated for November 1. PANDEF made the promise when a delegation led by Ambassador Godknows Igali, former Nigerian ambassador to the Scandinavian countries – Sweden, Denmark and Norway – and Federal Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Water Resources, paid a condolence visit to the Iwuananwu family in Abuja.

The second son of Chief Iwuanyanwu, Chinedu, and his widow, Chinonyerem, were on hand to receive the delegation. Igali, who represented Chief E.K. Clark said Iwuanyanwu was not only Igbo leader but also an acknowledged leader in the South South geopolitical zone.

Igali, who harped on the rich culture and tradition that have always been shared by the peoples of the Niger Delta and Ndigbo, said: “We have come to pay our condolences to the Iwuanyanwu family, in particular to the wife and children and the people of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, in general over the loss of a spectacular and great Nigerian, Chief Engineer Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu.

“The loss is shared by the people of the Niger Delta, people of the South South, because he was a leader of not just the Igbo people, but our own zone of the country.”