- Atiku’s Former Media Team Member Ifeanyi Izeze Dies
- He joined Atiku’s media team during the 2006 political campaign.
Izeze was also a journalist and ordained Christian preacher.
A pioneer member of the media team of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Ifeanyi Izeze, has died.
His death was confirmed on Sunday in a statement by the Atiku media office, which said the former Vice President was deeply saddened by the loss.
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EKO HOT BLOG reports that according to the statement, Izeze joined the media team of the then Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, in 2006 after leaving the Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria in Ikot Abasi, where he worked as an Office Manager.
He was said to have contributed significantly to the work of the media team during a critical period in Atiku’s political career, bringing his experience in the media, the Niger Delta region and Nigeria’s oil and gas sector.
Izeze studied geology at the University of Port Harcourt up to postgraduate level. However, he built a career in journalism, reporting extensively on Nigeria’s oil and gas industry.
He worked with several newspapers including the defunct Sunray, Anchor and NewAge before joining the Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria.
At the Atiku Media Office, he served as a senior member of the team and its pioneer Office Manager. He also played a role in shaping campaign policies for Atiku’s presidential campaigns in the Niger Delta, particularly in areas related to the oil and gas industry.
The statement described him as a man with a strong sense of humour and a committed Christian.
He was a member of the Christ Embassy church and an ordained preacher of the gospel under the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria.
“May God give his family, friends, and colleagues the fortitude to bear his demise. Further details about his burial will be made public by his family. He left behind children, grandchildren and an elder and only surviving brother, Pastor Emeka Izeze of the Guardian Newspapers fame.
“May God grant Ifeanyi’s soul an eternal rest and forgive him his sins,” the statement concluded.
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