Complete Biography of Late Reuben Aniekezie Nwokediuko

March 07, 2026 biography 0 Comments

Born in 1918 at Neni, he attended elementary education at Adazi Nnukwu and was widely addressed by his peers as “Dictionary” or “Encyclopedia” due to his high level of academic intelligence. After his elementary education, he started as a teacher at Achina and other schools. Before the beginning of the Second World War in 1939, he was recruited by foreign military recruiters to fight in the Burma War, including his extended brother, Christopher Chukwuyereonu. Christopher was posted as a driver while Aniekezie was posted to the military signal unit.

The Burma Campaign (1941–1945) was a major World War II conflict in South-East Asia where Allied forces (primarily the British Commonwealth, the US, Chinese, and African mercenaries) fought to recapture Burma from Imperial Japan. After a 1942 retreat, the Allies returned to defeat the Japanese by 1945, heavily using air supply, jungle warfare, and combined arms.

After World War II, he returned and used the war proceeds to buy vehicles which he used to venture into the transportation business, which he said was allegedly liquidated by Job Ikewena Ibemesi and associates. He later left for Jos, where he lived in the same building with Alhaji Efobi’s parents. The majority of Neni traders of dry stockfish kept their business funds in John Onwuka’s custody in Jos before everything went sour.

He had a failed marriage with a woman from Umueze village before he married Veronica Menwa Nwokediuko (née Umeh), hailing from Etitinabo village, and they had eight children. The first child, a female, died in infancy. The remaining seven are: Christian Nwabueze Nwokediuko, Fidelis Obinwa Nwokediuko, Uche Patrick Nwokediuko, Patrick Enuma Nwokediuko, Ngozi Anthonia Nwokediuko, Maria  Nwokediuko, and Okwukwe Veronica Nwokediuko.

Mr. Aniekezie traded stockfish in Jos. He later left for Coal Camp in Enugu State, continuing his journey of life in search of greener pastures.

He later got a job at the Enugu State Ministry of Finance before the Nigeria–Biafra Civil War, and after the war he applied and got a job at the Enugu State Ministry of Agriculture. He retired and returned to his ancestral home, Amakwa Neni.

He died in the year 2000 at the age of 82.