[BREAKING] Chimamanda Adichie's Father, Prof James Adichie Has Died

Teacher James Nwoye Adichie, father of famous author, Chimamanda is dead. 

He was 88. 

A family source disclosed to The Nation Thursday in Awka, Anambra State the scholarly scholastic passed on Wednesday night . 

He was conceded at the Chira Memorial Hospital in Awkuzu, Oyi neighborhood government territory of the State. 

The Emeritus Professor of Statistics and Mathematics at the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) hailed from Abba, Njikoka neighborhood government territory of Anambra State. 

The main Nigerian Professor of Statistics praised his 88th birthday celebration on March 1. 

Adichie was an individual from International Statistical Institute (ISI) since 1978 and part, Governing Council of (ISI) 1985-1987. 

The individual from Education Committee (ISI) 1987 turned into a Professor of Statistics in 1976. 

He had been living in Nsukka since he resigned