Michael Okpara’s wife, Adanma, dies at 97

CHIEF Adanma Okpara, the wife of the First Republic Premier of the defunct Eastern Nigeria, late Dr Michael Okpara, is dead.

Aged 96, she reportedly died on Sunday morning in an undisclosed hospital in the state.

The Governor of Enugu State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, had while addressing Catholic Bishops in Enugu reportedly disclosed the incident and had observed a minute silence.

But an inside source confirmed her death, disclosing that a day earlier, (Saturday), she had gone to a hospital “only to be heard that she died early this (Sunday) morning”.

it was gathered that Uzodinma Okpara had gone to the hospital when reporters called at his home.