Okey Ezeibe, founder of Legacy Motors, a prominent businessman and politician from Anambra State, has died.He was found dead in his hotel room in Imo State, where he had travelled for a political meeting. Reports indicate that the cause of death was a suspected heart attack.
According to a post by a social media user Solo-T, he wrote Oranyelu-Eze! OKOSISI ADAA! (Iroko has fallen) 😭It is shocking news that came like a stray bullet and hit us hard. 😓The shocking news of the passing of our father, our pillar, our pride High Chief Sir Okey Ezeibe (Oranyelu-Eze I n’Awgbu), The Ijele Awka! cuts so deep in the heart💔🕊️Authority and power anyi ji eko… 😢 Tomorrow, Lagos Balogun Market will be on lockdown.Ndi Awgbu all over the world are in shock. Ariri has enveloped our land.Oranyelu-Eze was not just a title holder; he was an institution, a man whose presence commanded respect and whose words carried weight.Your departure has left a vacuum that will be difficult to fill in Awgbu. You lived for Awgbu, you stood for Awgbu, you projected Awgbu.
Chief Okey Ezeibe, from Awgbu in Anambra State was the man who conceived the Trade Fair Market in Lagos for ndi Igbo. He is an ally to Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar.
Just recently, he was seen having fun at his son’s wedding in Marrakech, Morocco.
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