World-renowned novelist, Chimamanda loses her father, Professor James Nwoye Adichie.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s father who was the first Nigerian Professor of Statistics, celebrated his 88th birthday on March 1. He died at the age of 88.
According to the report obtained from The Nation on Thursday 11th June 2020, the news outlet reported that a close source speaking from Awka, Anambra State, said the erudite academic died on Wednesday night.
He was admitted at the Chira Memorial Hospital in Awkuzu, Oyi local government area of the State, where he later died, the report added.
The Emeritus Professor of Statistics and Mathematics at the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) hailed from Abba, Njikoka local government area of Anambra State.
Adichie was a member of International Statistical Institute (ISI) since 1978 and member, Governing Council of (ISI) 1985-1987.
The member of the Education Committee (ISI) 1987 became a Professor of Statistics in 1976.
He had been living in Nsukka since he retired