Chief Sunny Okogwu, the Ojise of Asaba and elder brother to Maryam, late wife of former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, is dead, Vanguard is reporting.
According to the highly credible newspaper, the Kaduna-based businessman and philanthropist reportedly died in a hospital in Abuja of undisclosed illness.
Vanguard said the development was confirmed to it by a young man, who claimed to be one of the sons of Chief Okogwu and gave his name as Michael, and Okogwu’s 63-year-old security guard in his Kaduna home, Yunusa Jibrin.
Okogwu was the presidential candidate of the Republican Party of Nigeria in 2007.