John Ugo
Former Chairman of the main opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Vincent Ogbulafor is dead.
‘Dede Ukwu,’ (Big Uncle) as he is fondly called passed on Thursday night.
A statement from the family, on Friday, which confirmed his death said he died in Canada at the age of 73
The flamboyant Chairman was very influential during his reign as the chairman and Secretary of the PDP.
Ogbulafor was elected the PDP national chairman on March 8, 2008 and started his tenure on a controversial note with his comments, saying he did not worry if Nigeria became a one-party state.
It was gathered that the family had related the death of the former chairman to the members of PDP Board of Trustees (BOT)
OGBULAFOR was popular for his controversial comment that the PDP will rule Nigeria for 60 years.
He started his tenure on a controversial note with his comments when he said that he never worried “if Nigeria became a one-party state.”
At an interactive session with media executives at the Banquet Hall of the Sheraton Hotel in Abuja, the former PDP chairman had said: “I don’t intend to speak longer than this. I have done justice to addressing you on issues and party politics of our great party and I expect that all Nigerians in no distant time would all return to PDP. I don’t care if Nigeria becomes a one-party state. If we succeed in bringing all the states of the federation under one umbrella, then it means we are doing a good job.’’
