Late President Shagari
Spokesperson to President Shehu Shagari during the second Republic, Charles Amedu Igoh is dead.
His son, John Ada Igoh, who signed the statement announcing the death of the ex- presidential spokesperson, said his father died on Saturday, December 23, during a brief illness. He was 83 years old.
Mr Charles Amedu Igoh was a journalist, media practitioner, and administrator who served as the Chief Press Secretary to Nigeria’s Second Republic President, the late Alhaji Shehu Shagari from 1979-1983.
He started his journalism career in the early 70s where he was a Sports Editor and Assistant Editor at the Daily Times newspapers.
He also worked with the Nigerian Breweries in the Public Relations department. He had a stint at the National Sports Commission in the mid-70s before being appointed as the Public Relations Manager of Volkswagen Nigeria.
He served as a Press Officer to the Shehu Shagari Presidential Campaign Council in the run-up to the 1979 general elections.
He was eventually appointed by the late Shehu Shagari as his Chief Press Secretary upon his victory at the polls. He served in that capacity in the first term of that administration. and then farming. He was later appointed to the Board of Directors of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria in 1990.
He became a deacon in his church, The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM), where he served the Lord.
He is survived by children, grandchildren, younger siblings, nieces, and nephews. He will be greatly missed by all. Burial arrangements will be announced in due course.
