Gregory Ibe, founding father of Gregory University, Uturu, and a candidate for the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) within the 2023 Abia State governorship election, has died.
His household introduced his dying on Monday, in line with a report by The Punch newspaper.
The announcement got here in a press release from the royal household of Cyril Ibe of Okwelube I, Amaokwe Achara Autonomous Community, Isuikwuato Local Government Area, Abia State, the newspaper stated
The household stated Mr Ibe, a professor, died after battling well being challenges, describing him as a person whose life was devoted to schooling, philanthropy and repair to humanity.
Mr Ibe was an educational, administrator, industrialist and philanthropist who based Gregory University, Uturu, a personal college recognized for its emphasis on analysis, medical science, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
He additionally operated companies, together with Skill ‘G’ Limited and Innov8 Hub, by means of which he equipped laboratory and technical gear to tertiary establishments throughout Nigeria.
In politics, he contested the 2023 Abia governorship election on the APGA platform, campaigning on a technology-driven imaginative and prescient to develop the state into an industrial hub.
Otti mourns
Reacting to his dying, Abia State Governor Alex Otti expressed unhappiness over the loss, describing the deceased as an illustrious indigene whose contributions to schooling and analysis had benefited the state and the nation.
In a condolence assertion issued on Monday by his media adviser, Ferdinand Ekeoma, Mr Otti stated he had hoped the professor would get better from the sickness he had battled for a while.
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The governor stated Mr Ibe’s passing was notably painful given his continued contributions to schooling and analysis.
He urged the deceased’s household, pals, and associates to take consolation within the life he lived and the legacy he left behind.
Mr Otti, talking on behalf of his household, the Abia State Government and the individuals of the state, prolonged condolences to the bereaved household and prayed for the repose of the professor’s soul.
The household stated Mr Ibe was survived by six youngsters and 7 grandchildren, in addition to quite a few mentees and beneficiaries.
It thanked members of the general public for his or her expressions of sympathy and appealed for privateness as preparations for his funeral have been being concluded.
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