Nwafor Orizu
Nwafor Orizu | |
|---|---|
| Acting President of Nigeria | |
| In office October/November 1965 – 15 January 1966 | |
| Preceded by | Nnamdi Azikiwe |
| Succeeded by | Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi |
| President of the Senate of Nigeria | |
| In office 1 October 1963 – 15 January 1966 | |
| Preceded by | Dennis Osadebay |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Wayas (1979) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Abyssinia Akweke Nwafor Orizu 17 July 1914 |
| Died | 1999 (aged 84–85) |
| Party | National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons |
| Occupation | Politician |
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Abyssinia Akweke Nwafor Orizu (GCON)(// ⓘ; 17 July 1914 – 1999) was a Nigerian politician and statesman who served as President of the Nigerian Senate from 1963 to 1966. Orizu was also Acting President of Nigeria from late 1965 until the 1966 coup d'état in January 1966.
He was a member of the Nnewi royal family, and is the uncle of Kenneth Onyeneke Orizu III, who is the current traditional king of the Nnewi subnational kingdom in eastern Nigeria. Nwafor Orizu College of Education in Nsugbe, Anambra State, is named after him.