The First Civilian Governor of Abia state, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu is dead.
Onu who resigned as minister of science and technology under the Buhari administration to contest the presidential primaries of the All Progressives Congress APC in 2022.
The American trained scientist, teacher and politician died in the early Thursday 11th April in Abuja
He was aged 72
Ogbonnaya Onu was a lecturer at University of Port Harcourt before he made a foray into National Politics during the scuttled transition to civilian rule of former president Ibrahim Babangida from 1991 to 1993.
He was elected governor in 1992 and served till the late Sani Abacha overthrew Ernest Shonekan’s administration in 1994.
Onu remained in politics and made a few attempts to run for President.
