Azikiwe's First Son Chukwuma Dies At 75

The first son of Nigeria's First President, Late Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Chukwuma Bamidele, is dead. He died on Sunday at the age of 75. As stated by a family source on Monday, the deceased had been battling with respiratory ailment for years now. The source stated Bamidele, as he was called by friends and associates, died at Borromeo Hospital in the commercial city of Onitsha. Up till his death, he was the Owelle of Onitsha, replacing his late father in 1996.