{"id":18795,"date":"2026-10-20T03:34:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T03:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/?p=18795"},"modified":"2026-10-20T03:41:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T03:41:23","slug":"gov-otti-mourns-greg-ibe-says-abia-lost-illustrious-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/2026\/10\/20\/gov-otti-mourns-greg-ibe-says-abia-lost-illustrious-son\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov Otti Mourns Greg Ibe, Says Abia Lost Illustrious Son"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Correspondent<\/p>\n<p>The  Governor of Abia State Dr  Alex Otti has expressed shock and sadness over the death of Prof. Gregory Ikechukwu Ibe, the Founder of Gregory University Uturu and APGA governorship candidate in 2023 election.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image_870x_68a6b596902a9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"870\" height=\"580\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image_870x_68a6b596902a9.jpg 870w, https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image_870x_68a6b596902a9-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image_870x_68a6b596902a9-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In a condolence message signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ferdinand Ekeoma, Otti expressed   sadness  over  the passing of Prof. Ibe given his continued impact in education and research in the country and Abia State in particular.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, the Governor and numerous other well-wishers had prayed and hoped that the respected administrator and philanthropist would overcome sickness he battled for some time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, he couldn\u2019t. We cannot question God,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Otti enjoined family, friends and loved ones of late academic not to mourn like those without hope, but take solace in the fulfilled and impactful life he led and strive to uphold his worthy virtues and legacies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernor Otti, on behalf of his family, the government and people of Abia State, mourns Prof. Ibe and prays that God grants his soul eternal repose,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>It could be recalled that Prof. Ibe had been  battling  some health challenges, according to the family announcement earlier on Monday and unfortunately he could not make it alive.<\/p>\n<p>He was the proprietor of Gregory University Uturu, Skill \u2018G\u2019 Ltd. and Innov8 Hub, and was widely known for investments in education and philanthropy.<\/p>\n<p>He is survived by six children and seven grandchildren<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Correspondent The Governor of Abia State Dr Alex Otti has expressed shock and sadness over the death of Prof. Gregory Ikechukwu Ibe, the Founder of Gregory University Uturu and APGA governorship candidate in 2023 election. In a condolence message signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ferdinand Ekeoma, Otti expressed sadness over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18795"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18799,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18795\/revisions\/18799"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}