Chief Mbazulike Amaechi has died at the age of 93.  Amaechi was Nigeria’s first Aviation Minister and prominent member of the Zikist Movement.

He died this morning in his home town of Ukpor in Anambra State, aged 93, according to Daiy Sun.

The statement said the politician who was popularly known as The Boy Is Good, recently led a delegation of prominent Igbo leaders to Aso Rock where he made a case for the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.