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<div data-xf-p="1">The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Abia, Uchenna Ikonne, has died, according to a family statement.</div>
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<div data-xf-p="1">Mr Ikonne, an ally of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu who clinched the party’s gubernatorial ticket in 2022, passed on, on Wednesday morning at the National Hospital, Abuja, following a cardiac arrest.</div>
<div data-xf-p="1">He was 65 years old.</div>
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<div data-xf-p="1">The academic-turned-politician had been ill for a while and received treatments in the United Kingdom for several months before recently returning to Nigeria</div>
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<div data-xf-p="1">According to the statement signed by his son Chikezie Ikonne.</div>
<div data-xf-p="1">'I regret to announce the death of my dear father, Prof Eleazar Uchenna Ikonne, who died at the National Hospital Abuja today, 25th January 2023 by 4am after a brief illness'.</div>
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<div data-xf-p="1">He was recovering after taking proper treatment in the United Kingdom but relapsed a few days ago leading to multiple cardiac arrests for which he didn’t recover from.</div>
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<div data-xf-p="1">“Further details and arrangements would be made known to the public after deliberations and meetings are made within the family,” the statement by his son Dr Uche- Ikonne Chikezie reads.</div>