Prof. Uchenna Ikonne, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Abia state is dead, a family statement says.
Ikonne died in the early hours of Wednesday at the National Hospital in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital at about 4:00 a.m.
“I regret to announce the death of my dear father, Prof Eleazar Uchenna Ikonne, who died at the National Hospital Abuja today, 25th January 2023 by 4am after a brief illness,” Dr Uche-Ikonne Chikezie said in a terse statement.
“He was recovering after taking proper treatment in the United Kingdom but relapsed a few days ago leading to multiple cardiac arrests for which he didn’t recover from.
“Further details and arrangements would be made known to the public after deliberations and meetings are made within the family,” the statement said.
He was born in Agburuike, Nsulu in Isiala Ngwa North, Abia State. He attended Ngwa High School in Aba of Abia State before proceeding to study optometry at Manila Central University, Philippines.
He then bagged a specialist master’s degree programme in Hospital Administration at St. Jude College, also in the Philippines.
He returned to Nigeria in 1985 and served as consulting optometrist at the Park Lane General Hospital, Enugu.
He later obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Environmental Health Science from Abia State University.
