[size=14pt]Senator Polycarp Nwite is Dead[/size]
Date: Sep 23rd, 2010.
Femi Ipaye/Abuja





Senator Polycarp Ogbonna Nwite, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Political Matters) is dead.

Senator Polycap Nwite
According to a press release signed by his media adviser, Mr. Edward Dibiana, Senator Nwite’s first son, Mr. Michael Nwite disclosed that his late father passed on at the National Hospital, Abuja where he was receiving treatment in the early hours of today due to the complications that arose after a medical procedure he went through at Columbia Asia Hospital, Bangalore, India in April.

Nwite, who resumed work two months ago after recuperating in his village, Odageri Edda, in Ebonyi State, travelled back to his village three weeks ago for the new yam festival and was said to have slumped hours after his arrival and was subsequently rushed back to Abuja and was admitted at the private wing of the National Hospital before his demise.

The primary reason for the initial surgery in India was to preserve his sight which was failing.
A frontline Politician and Industrialist, Senator Nwite was a very vocal political activist, who at the height of the ravenous regime of the late General Sani Abacha was one of the arrowheads of the pro-democracy group, National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) ,which insisted on the validation of the June 12, 1993 Presidential election, believed to have been won by the late Chief M.K.O. Abiola.

For his audacity, Nwite was hauled into detention with some of his colleague- senators such as Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former governor of Lagos State, Ameh Ebute and the late Mark Nwulu ,for unfounded allegations of being involved in the spate of bombings that rocked various parts of the country then.
Twice, he contested the governorship election in Ebonyi State and lost. He was Chairman Senate Committee on National Security and Intelligence, during his period as a Senator.


In 2008 he was appointed the Nigerian High Commissioner in Bostwana by the late President Umaru Yar’Adua. He was however recalled to Nigeria in 2009 and was made the Senior Special Assistant to the President (Political Matters), a position he retained under the current government of President Goodluck Jonathan until he passed on.

As a true believer in the principles of democracy, Senator Nwite had at different fora canvassed for internal democracy of the parties, supremacy of the rule of law and violence-free politics.
He is survived by six children.

http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2010/09/23/senator-polycarp-nwite-is-dead/

Its a pity.

May his soul rest in peace.

That is the tragedy of Nigeria's medical situation, people go abroad for medical attention, when there is little aftermath complecation they see Doctors who may not have full history of their conditions.  Shame on Nigeria, just yesterday, two referees died in Abuja after fitness test due to lack of oxygen to resucitate them whe they collapse after the drills.

Remii:

May his soul rest in peace.

That is the tragedy of Nigeria's medical situation, people go abroad for medical attention, when there is little aftermath complecation they see Doctors who may not have full history of their conditions.  Shame on Nigeria, just yesterday, two referees died in Abuja after fitness test due to lack of oxygen to resucitate them whe they collapse after the drills.

Dividend of democracy . . .pdp version !

Product of a failing country. No healthcare, no education, and yet it is not clear to some people why we must choose our next leader wisely.

May his soul rest in peace.

Remii:

May his soul rest in peace.

That is the tragedy of Nigeria's medical situation, people go abroad for medical attention, when there is little aftermath complecation they see Doctors who may not have full history of their conditions.  Shame on Nigeria, just yesterday, two referees died in Abuja after fitness test due to lack of oxygen to resucitate them whe they collapse after the drills.

Even though I am sorry for the loss, was he not part of the govt who kept us in this condition?

Such a pity. May his great soul rest in peace.


As usual in Nigeria, when people die the cause of their death is made a secret.

There is this funny belief in Nigeria that there are some illnesses that should not be disclosed - evidence of retrogressive thinking. Thank God for a man like Prof Olikoye Ransome-Kuti who was bold to inform the world that his younger brother Fela died of AIDS.

Aloy+Emeka:

Even though I am sorry for the loss, was he not part of the govt who kept us in this condition?

And the same id!ots are still pushing for one useless man to rule the country.

~Bluetooth:

And the same id!ots are still pushing for one useless man to rule the country.

Was he?. He was a NADECO chieftain who was jailed over his support for June 12. How can he support IBB?

A frontline Politician and Industrialist, Senator Nwite was a very vocal political activist, who at the height of the ravenous regime of the late General Sani Abacha was one of the arrowheads of the pro-democracy group, National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) ,which insisted on the validation of the June 12, 1993 Presidential election, believed to have been won by the late Chief M.K.O. Abiola.For his audacity, Nwite was hauled into detention with some of his colleague- senators such as Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former governor of Lagos State, Ameh Ebute and the late Mark Nwulu ,for unfounded allegations of being involved in the spate of bombings that rocked various parts of the country then.

rip nwite

Aloy+Emeka:

Was he?. He was a NADECO chieftain who was jailed over his support for June 12. How can he support IBB?

ROTFL. . .is jonathan not as useless as his pdp cohorts cuz i was actually referring to him when i said ''useless''.

RIP Nwite

~Bluetooth:

ROTFL. . .is jonathan not as useless as his pdp cohorts cuz i was actually referring to him when i said ''useless''.

ok.

Osama10:

Its a pity.

It's not a pity because he is in heaven.

Wow, who has surgery in India?

These politicians, even those that may have done one thing or the other, are all generally gonna fall victim to this. From Stella OBJ, to Yar Adua, to now Str. Nwite.

I wonder why no one is standing on the Senate floor reading a riot act?

Aloy+Emeka:

It's not a pity because he is in heaven.

Whats he doing there?

Osama10:

Whats he doing there?

i wonder. There are no PDP elections there.

Whats he doing there?

To report Naija to papa God for failing to provide efficient medicare for its citizens.  

davidylan:

i wonder. There are no PDP elections there.

LOL, crazy

davidylan:

i wonder. There are no PDP elections there.

Tell am.

jamace:

To report Naija to papa God for failing to provide efficient medicare for its citizens.

Thank you very much.

According to a press release signed by his media adviser, Mr. Edward Dibiana, Senator Nwite’s first son, Mr. Michael Nwite disclosed that his late father passed on at the National Hospital, Abuja where he was receiving treatment in the early hours of today due to the complications that arose after a medical procedure he went through at Columbia Asia Hospital, Bangalore, India in April.

Am not sorry for any criminal that had the opportunity to fix Nigerian health system, but prefers to die abroad.
Could you imagine a Nigerian senator being flown broad, becoz we have no good healthcare system.

That is how all of them will die abroad and their bodies being flown back to Nigeria.

r.i.p.

princekevo:

Am not sorry for any criminal that had the opportunity to fix Nigerian health system, but prefers to die abroad.
Could you imagine a Nigerian senator being flown broad, becoz we have no good healthcare system.

That is how all of them will die abroad and their bodies being flown back to Nigeria.

Amen !

davidylan:

i wonder. There are no PDP elections there.

Lol

Indifferent