According to sources, Professor Nwoye Adichie was admitted at the Chira Memorial Hospital in Awkuzu in Oyi local government area of Anambra State where he died on Wednesday night.
The Emeritus Professor of Statistics and Mathematics at the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) hailed from Abba, Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State.
The first Nigerian Professor of Statistics celebrated his 88th birthday on March 1.
Professor Adichie was a member of International Statistical Institute (ISI) since 1978 and member, Governing Council of ISI (1985-1987).
The member of Education Committee of ISI 1987 became a Professor of Statistics in 1976.
Chimamanda Adichie is yet to make any public statement but she is expected to do that soon, a close family source revealed.