— 26th February 2018
Paul Osuyi, Asaba
Civil War veteran and Biafran hero Col. Joseph ‘Hannibal’ Achuzia is dead.
He died on Monday morning at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Asaba, Delta State, after a brief illness, according to one of his sons, Mr. Benedict Onyeka Achuzia.
Already, a 21-gun salute has been shot to traditionally announce the demise of the Ikemba of Asaba to indigenes of the town.
At his residence at Idumujei quarters of Asaba, it was an atmosphere of grief as Asaba natives trooped in to sympathise with the bereaved family. A condolence register has already be opened for him.
Onyeka said his father passed on at about 8am.
“He died around 8 this morning. It was something we never expected but it happened. He was 90 years old. It’s just a sad incident,” Onyeka said.
“My father was the best dad ever. I was so sad when he gave up, and I can’t help it. Even when he was entering the mortuary, I couldn’t believe.”
Revealing his last moment with his dad, Onyeka said “he was smiling but we never knew he was going. May his soul rest in perfect peace.”
The late Col. Joseph Achuzia (rtd.) was born in 1929. He was a major in the Biafran army during the Nigeria Civil War of 1967 to 1970.
Prior to joining the
He fled to the
Southeast in fear of anti-Igbo sentiments among the Nigerian Army during the
war.
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SOURCE : http://sunnewsonline.com/just-in-achuzia-dies-at-93/
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