A former Military Governor of old Imo and Lagos States, Rear Admiral Ndubisi Kanu (Retired), has died, aged 78 years.
Kanu, a prominent leader of the pro-democracy group, the National Democratic Coalition, NADECO, died in the early hours on Wednesday, January 13, 2021, according to sources.
He died at an undisclosed hospital after a brief illness, the nature of which has not been disclosed.
A relative, Ireke Kanu, who worked in the Ndigbo office of Kanu, in Victoria Island, confirmed his death. “I can tell you he passed on this morning. He was 78. We celebrated his last birthday in November 2020. I don’t have much details. I am still in the village,” said Kanu,
Kanu was an active member of NADECO, the group that fought against military dictatorship in Nigeria. NADECO also led the battle for the restoration of late Moshood Abiola’s mandate in the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election.
Kanu was in fact the chairman of NADECO’s Action Committee, which organised and participated in protest marches and public sensitisation activities.
To his credit, he was one of those who signed an ultimatum for the General Sani Abacha regime to revalidate Abiola’s mandate and hand over power to him.
