A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and former Commissioner under Peter Odili and Celestine Omehia administrations, Charles Ihua-Maduenyi has died in Abuja.

The Coordinator of the 2021 Class of Senior Advocates, Mr. Ade Agbola SAN, confirmed that the Senior Advocate passed away this afternoon.

Narrating the incident, source said that he was on his way to pick his wife from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, when he developed heart fluttering. He was taken to the hospital but he died shortly after.

Charles Ihua-Maduenyi SAN was born on December 9, 1958, was admitted to the Nigerian Bar in 1986 and was elevated to the rank of senior advocate of Nigeria last year.