ODUMEGWU OJUKWU Chukwuemeka and OKOLI Elizabeth Family: Nigeria Genealogy and Biographies Foundation

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m. 1956

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ODUMEGWU OJUKWU Chukwuemeka

Male
ODUMEGWU OJUKWU Chukwuemeka

Birth	04 Nov 1933	Zungeru, Niger State, Nigeria
Death	26 Nov 2011	London, United Kingdom
Burial	02 Mar 2012	Umudim, Nnewi, Nnewi North L.G.A, Anambra State, Nigeria
Marriage	1956
Divorced	1958
Other Spouse	ONYEKWELU Njideka \| F148
Marriage	1964
Other Spouse	Stella Onyeador \| F149
Marriage	1972
Other Spouse	Mary Theresa \| F154
Marriage	Yes, date unknown
Other Spouse	Victoria \| F152
Marriage	1981	Cote d’Ivoire
Other Spouse	ONOH Bianca Odinaka Olivia \| F150 (Religious)
Marriage	12 Nov 1994	Garki, Abuja, Nigeria
Father	Sir OJUKWU Louis Phillip Odumegwu, OBE \| F155 Group Sheet
Mother

OKOLI Elizabeth

Female
OKOLI Elizabeth

Birth		Awka, Awka South L.G.A, Anambra State, Nigeria
Death
Burial
Other Spouse	Dr ONUORAH Dr \| X1375
Marriage	Yes, date unknown
Father
Mother

Notes

In what would mark Ojukwu’s metamorphosis from boy to man was his marriage to his first wife Elizabeth Okoli from ‘Nnukwu Awka’, Anambra State in 1956. Elizabeth was a senior nursing sister by profession and daughter of Nigeria’s first Post-Master General. He was said to have wedded her in court. The marriage, however, suffered a setback, leading to the couple going their separate ways in 1958.

In real life, Ojukwu divorced his first wife, Elizabeth Okoli, because she did not give him any child

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