According to Premium Times, Nigerian Government delegation in the US on
Saturday visited the family of the late Prof.Chinua Achebe, who died on
Thursday night.
The delegation led by US Ambassador AdeAdefuye, and
Nigeria’s Consul General in New York, Habib Habu, visited the Achebes in Boston,
where his wife, Christie, has relocated.
Mr. Adefuye, in a
telephone interview with the North America Correspondent of the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN), said the delegation, during the visit, pledged support to the
family during the funeral arrangement.
He said that the
family also promised to inform government of the final burial arrangements for
the late literary icon.
NAN learnt that the
Governor of Anambra, Mr Peter Obi, would arrive in the U. S on Sunday to pay a
condolence visit to the family.
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