Chief Legal Officer of Oando Plc, Ngozi Janice Okonkwo is
dead.
Adewale Tinubu, Group Chief Executive Officer of Oando Plc
announced this via a tweet.
Until her death, she was the Chief Legal Officer of Oando Plc,
having joined the company as Head, Legal Services of the company in
2009.
An official statement from Oando Plc issued via its twitter
handle, described her as an “exemplary professional and an astute
lawyer” who personified values of teamwork, respect and
integrity.
“Oando has lost a true leader – kind, passionate, driven,
focused and diligent. She was an exemplary professional and an
astute lawyer who commanded respect from all who try knew her” it
read.
According to a tweet from one of her nephews, she battled cancer
for a while, recovered before having a relapse during the recent
COVID-19 crisis.
However she had a relapse during the lockdown but could not
travel out so she died according to the nephew who is based in
Hamburg.
The best available health facilities in Nigeria couldn’t help
and she died yesterday.
Before joining Oando, she worked as Junior Counsel with F.O
Akinrele & Co., and also with KPMG Professional Services
(previously known as Arthur Andersen) as Manager in the Tax,
Regulatory and People Services unit and Head of indirect tax
services.
She obtained LLB (Hons) from University of Nigeria, Nsukka in
1997 and BL from the Nigerian Law School, Lagos in 1999. She was a
member of the Nigerian Bar Association, honorary fellow of the
Association of Fellows and Legal scholars of the centre for
International Legal Studies, Austria, Associate Member of the
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, United Kingdom and Associate
Member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, Nigeria.
She was 45 and was survived by her husband and her four
wonderful kids.
May her soul Rest In Peace.
Chief Legal Officer of Oando Plc, Ngozi Janice Okonkwo is
dead.
Adewale Tinubu, Group Chief Executive Officer of Oando Plc
announced this via a tweet.
Until her death, she was the Chief Legal Officer of Oando Plc,
having joined the company as Head, Legal Services of the company in
2009.
An official statement from Oando Plc issued via its twitter
handle, described her as an “exemplary professional and an astute
lawyer” who personified values of teamwork, respect and
integrity.
“Oando has lost a true leader – kind, passionate, driven,
focused and diligent. She was an exemplary professional and an
astute lawyer who commanded respect from all who try knew her” it
read.
According to a tweet from one of her nephews, she battled cancer
for a while, recovered before having a relapse during the recent
COVID-19 crisis.
However she had a relapse during the lockdown but could not
travel out so she died according to the nephew who is based in
Hamburg.
The best available health facilities in Nigeria couldn’t help
and she died yesterday.
Before joining Oando, she worked as Junior Counsel with F.O
Akinrele & Co., and also with KPMG Professional Services
(previously known as Arthur Andersen) as Manager in the Tax,
Regulatory and People Services unit and Head of indirect tax
services.
She obtained LLB (Hons) from University of Nigeria, Nsukka in
1997 and BL from the Nigerian Law School, Lagos in 1999. She was a
member of the Nigerian Bar Association, honorary fellow of the
Association of Fellows and Legal scholars of the centre for
International Legal Studies, Austria, Associate Member of the
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, United Kingdom and Associate
Member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, Nigeria.
She was 45 and was survived by her husband and her four
wonderful kids.
May her soul Rest In Peace.