The body of a former Minister of
Information and Communications, Prof. Dora Akunyili, arrived the Nnamdi
Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja late on Wednesday and was received
by members of her family and political associates.
The reception team was led by the
immediate-past Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, who assured
that the former Director-General of the National Agency for Food and
Drug Administration and Control would be given a burial befitting of her
status and fame.
Akunyili’s body was flown to Nigeria in a
private aircraft from India. It was accompanied by her husband, Dr.
Chike Akunyili; and her younger brother, Dr. Anayo Edemobi.
The remains were subsequently conveyed
to a mortuary in Abuja in an ambulance belonging to the Nigerian-Turkish
Nizamiye Hospital.
