Michael Anyiam-Osigwe has been killed by armed robbers in Edo State, the family said Monday.
Michael, who until his death was the Co-ordinator General of the Osigwe Anyiam-Osigwe Foundation and a member of its Board of Trustees, was shot at the Ore-Benin highway near the Okada junction on Saturday afternoon at about 2.30pm.
“Michael was demised at the hands of armed robbers who operated along the Ore-Benin Road near the Okada Junction in the afternoon of 29th November 2014 at about 2.30pm.”
“Up until his shocking and painful demise, Nze Michael Anyiam-Osigwe was the Co-ordinator General of the Osigwe Anyiam-Osigwe Foundation and a member of its Board of Trustees. He was also a Director of the Africa Institute for Leadership Research and Development, South Africa as well as the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Malawi to Nigeria. He was also the Executive Director within the Anyiam-Osigwe Consortium of Companies. He studied Economics and obtained a joint Masters Degree in Social Anthropology and Musicology from Goldsmiths College, University of London.
“He is survived by his mother Chief Dorothy Anyiam-Osigwe (OON), his wife, Okiemute Anyiam-Osigwe, five lovely children, six brothers and a sister, nieces and nephews and a host of other relations,” the family said in the statement.
