Former Abia Commissioner, Bonnie Iwuoha Is Dead

Former Abia State Commissioner for Information and ex-National President, Nigeria Union of Journalists, Bonnie Iwuoha, is reportedly dead.

Naija News gathered that Iwuoha was said to have died on Monday after an undisclosed illness. The former NUJ President reportedly died in a hospital in Umuahia, the state capital.

It was gathered that the former Commissioner had been battling with health challenges for some time which restricted him from doing his job effectively.

Until his death, Iwuoha was Special Adviser on Media to the Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu.

Iwuoha was first appointed as Media Adviser to the former governor of the state, Governor Theodore Orji before he was appointed as the Commissioner for Information by Governor Ikpeazu.

The late journalist was also a former Managing Editor/Head of Editorial Department, Daily Times of Nigeria between 1991 and 1993.

Meanwhile, the former Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has lost his younger, Inuwa Musa.

The development was disclosed in a statement released by the Coordinator, Kwankwasiyya Media Centre Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa.

Inuwa died at the age of 64 in the early hours of Monday 20th December 2021 at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital after a protracted illness.

The younger brother to the ex-governor of Kano State was a retired civil servant and an Agricultural Engineer that trained in Ibadan and United States.

Inuwa worked at a forestation Project in Kano for many years.

The deceased is survived by a wife, two daughters, Barr. Nafisa Inuwa and Zainab Inuwa and many relatives.

He has been buried according to Islamic rites at his country family home in Kwankwaso village, Madobi Local Government Area.