JUST-IN: Ohanaeze Ex-president, Irukwu Is Dead

• Irukwu was the founding managing director of Nigerian Reinsurance Corporation
• He attended British university in 1962

Prof. Joe Irukwu, a former president general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has passed away. He passed away at 89 years old.

“The Amaokwe Item Welfare Union on behalf of the entire Amaba Ukwu kindred and the immediate family hereby announce the glorious but painful demise of our great patron, father, grandfather, son, and brother, PROF (CHIEF)JOSEPH OGBONNAYA IRUKWU,SAN, CFR,” read a statement from Prince Harrison Eze Okorie, President General, Amaokwe Item Welfare Union.

“The Union on behalf Amaokwe Community, commiserate with the family and pray to God to grant his soul peaceful rest.

“The Union enjoin all Amaokwe sons and daughters to mourn the exit of this giant as we also remember to uphold his family in prayers in this moment of grief.”

Irukwu, a lawyer, lecturer, author and insurance guru, was the founding managing director of Nigerian Reinsurance Corporation.

He founded African Development Insurance Company thereafter, which was later sold to Diamond Bank.

Irukwu obtained a degree in Law and Insurance from a British university in 1962.