29/11/2014

Former Foreign Affairs Minister dies at 66

66-year-old Gbenga Ashiru is said to have died in the early hours of Saturday, November 29, after a long battle with cancer.

According to reports, former Foreign Affairs Minister, Gbenga Ashiru is dead.

The publisher of Ovation Magazine, Dele Momodu said via Twitter:
“I've received the sad news of the death of Ex-Foreign Affairs Minister OTUNBA GBENGA ASHIRU, 66, in South Africa. May he Rest in Peace!” 66-year-old Ashiru is said to have died in the early hours of Saturday, November 29, after a long battle with cancer

The former minister had reportedly been battling a brain tumour which caused him to be hospitalized for over three month

Ashiru served as a minister from 2011 to 2013 and was Nigeria’s ambassador to South Korea in 1991 and South Africa in 2005.

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