Nigeria: Ekwueme Is Alive, Stable, Says Family

7 November 2017

Enugu — Second Republic Vice-President, Dr Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme, is alive and stable, the family has announced.

The social media had been agog with the news that the octogenarian had passed on in a London hospital in the early hours of Tuesday. The rumour of his death had spread like wild fire in Enugu as residents continued to reach out to journalists to confirm the "sad news".

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