By Charles Igbo
Imo State, again, lost a prominent son on Saturday. Engr. Ezekiel Izuogu passed on Saturday.
An Electrical Engineer, and a former lecturer at the Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Izuogu produced the first indigenous Nigerian prototype car, Izuogu Z-600.
It was also the first automobile of indigenous all-African technology.
The dream of the Z-600 died due to frustration and zero support from the Nigerian Government.
An industrialist of repute, Izuogu veered into politics, and tried a couple of times to be elected Imo State Governor. He was unsuccessful.
He was a native of Akokwa, Imo State and, until his sudden death, was one of those campaigning for a Nigerian President of South -east origin.
