predecessor successor death_date nationality office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
nnamdi azikiwe nnamdi azikiwe military then joseph wayas regime , then joseph wayas military regime , 1999 nigerian president of the nigerian senate acting president of nigeria 1915 november 1960 october/november 1965 nwafor orizu
 january 1966 january 1966 nwafor orizu
nwafor orizu

prince abyssinia akweke nwafor orizu -lrb- 1915 -- 1999 -rrb- .
was a nigerian of igbo origin and nigeria 's second senate president from november 16 , 1960 to january 15 , 1966 , during the nigerian first republic .
orizu was also acting president of nigeria from late 1965 until the military coup of january 1966 .
he was a member of the nnewi royal family .
his nephew igwe kenneth onyeneke orizu iii is the current igwe -lrb- king -rrb- of nnewi kingdom .
nwafor orizu college of education in nsugbe , anambra state is named after him .
