Former PDP Chairman Vincent Ogbulafor is dead, Buhari mourns

A former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Vincent Ogbulafor, has passed on.

He died in Canada on Thursday, a family source said.

Ogbulafor is from Olokoro, in Umuahia South local government of Abia State.

He was born on May 24, 1949, and died peacefully on Thursday night, the family source stated.

Ogbulafor was first PDP’s National Secretary before he later became National Chairman after a bitter national battle between Senator Sam Egwu and Senator Anyim Pius Anyim.

He was forced to resign as PDP national chairman by the powers that be, when he fell out with them.

Ogbulafor was later charged with alleged financial recklessness while serving as a minister.

He was reputed to have boasted that the PDP would rule for 40 years which did not come to pass, as the All Progressives Congress (APC) truncated that dream and eventually defeated it in 2015.

Ogbulafor became PDP national chairman on March 8, 2008 and started his tenure on a controversial note with his comments in which he sounded magisterial that he did not care if Nigeria became a one-party state.

He was succeeded as national chairman by the former governor of Enugu State, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo.

President Muhammadu Buhari today, Saturday mourned the death of Ogbulafor.

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The president commiserated with leaders and members of the PDP, the Olokoro Royal family in Umuahia, and the Government and people of Abia State over the loss of the former National Secretary of the party.

In a statement signed by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, Buhari believes that the former PDP National Chairman will be remembered for his role in the nation’s democratic growth.

The President commends the zeal of the Prince of Olokoro in sustaining the unity and progress of the country.

President Buhari prays that God will accept the soul of the departed and comfort his family.