Professor Chukwuka Okonjo, Obi of Ogwashi Uku, Aniocha South local government area of Delta State in Nigeria and father of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, is dead.
Okonjo died in the United States at 91.
The late monarch, a professor of mathematics, ascended the throne of his ancestors in 2007.
Following the completion of traditional rites, a new monarch has been crowned.
Ngozi who announced this Friday in a Twitter said “The new monarch, Ifechukwude Chukuka Okonjo, is a financial management expert and CEO of Chevy Chase Consulting.”
