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Ex ANPP Chairman, Edwin Ume-Ezeoke is Dead
Newsdiaryonline Wed Aug 3,2011
Former Speaker House of Representatives in the
Second Republic who
later became National Chairman,All Nigeria People’s Party ,ANPP
Chief Edwin Ume –Ezeoke is dead.
He reportedly died in India where he had gone
for medical attention.
He attended St
Eugenia’s School, Amichi (1943-1951); St Patrick’s
College, Calabar, (1952-1956); North-Western Polytechnic,
London, (1960-1962); Council of Legal Education, London,
(1961-1963) and Holborn College, London, (1962-1966). He also
graduated from Nigeria Law School, Lagos in 1971 and became a
private legal practitioner same year.
His tenure as ANPP chairman was characterised
by controversies occasioned by disagreements between him and
General Muhammadu Buhari
who was then the party’s presidential candidate.
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