A former president general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Prof. Joseph Ogbonnaya Irukwu, SAN, CFR, is dead.
His death was made public by Harrison Eze Okorie, president general, Amaokwe Item Welfare Union, in a statement on Saturday.
Prof. Irukwu, SAN, was the founding managing director of Nigerian Reinsurance Corporation, a government-owned business established to increase the local share of reinsurance premium income.
He founded the African Development Insurance Company thereafter, which was later sold to Diamond Bank.
The Abia State-born Irukwu was aged 89 years.
