By Uche Mbah
The Director of Center for Preventive Action, Nigeria, a conflict prevention and resolution outfit with international recognition and affilliation, Nnabuike James Edechime, is dead. He died in a Dubai hospital after a brief illness. He was 56.
Until his death, Edechime was the Legal Assessor To Architect Registration Council Of Nigeria. He was also the Principal Counsel, Veritas Chambers as the Attorney at Law and Legal Consultant engaged in Corporate and commercial law practice/consultancy, arbitration and dispute resolution. The firm is based in Lagos.
He was the state Counsel for the Ministry of Justice, Lagos.
Confirming the death, a family member and one of the Partners with Veritas Chambers, Chukwuma Edechime, said the burial is to be announced at a later date by the Family.
His younger brother, Ben Edechime, also a Partner in Veritas Chambers, also confirmed his death.
Born in Mmaku in Awgu Local Government area of Enugu state, edechime had his early primary education in Enugu before proceeding to Awgu high School, Nenwe, currently in Aninri Local government Area of the same state. He studied law at the university of Nigeria, Enugu Campus and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1987. He later proceeded to the University of Lagos where he did his Masters in Commercial/ company Law in 1992, followed by Public Administration and human resource management in the same University in 1997.
He was an Alumnus of United states International visitors leadership Program in 1998.
He had his LLD in view at Babcock University before he passed on.
Edechime was leading the fight against the marginalization of the Greater Awgu People of Enugu state, and was one of the foundation members of Greater Awgu Leadership Forum, an Organisation he remained the Chairman of until his demise.
He is survived by his wife and four children and his aged mother.
