Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki
First Civilian Governor of Abịa State, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu is dead.
Ọnụ, who was a former Minister of Science and Technology under the Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, died in an Abuja Hospital.
Onu, a former governor of Abia State, died after a brief illness in an undisclosed hospital.
He hailed from Ụbụrụ in Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
The late 72-year-old former minister contested for the presidential flag of the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the 2023 general election, but lost to President Bola Tinubu.
Onu was a Nigerian politician, author and engineer until his death in April 2024.
He was the first civilian governor of Abia State and was the minister of science, technology and innovation of Nigeria from November 2015 until his resignation in 2022.
The former Abia State governor was the longest serving minister of the ministry.
Neither his family nor the Ebonyi State Government has issued any statement at the time of this report.
