RIP: Former Foreign Affairs Minister, Gbenga Ashiru dies at 66

Former Foreign Affairs Minister, Gbenga Ashiru, 66 is said to have died in the early hours of Saturday, November 29, after a long battle with cancer. According to pulse.ng;

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!”

The former minister had reportedly been battling a brain tumour which caused him to be hospitalized for over three months. Ashiru served as a minister from 2011 to 2013 and was Nigeria’s ambassador to South Korea in 1991 and South Africa in 2005. May his soul rest in peace.