Nigeria ex-interim Head of State, Ernest Shonekan is dead - NEWS FRONTIER DAILY

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    Nigeria ex-interim Head of State, Ernest Shonekan is dead

    Ifedayo Adeniyi


    Former Interim Head of the Nigerian Government, Ernest Shonekan, is dead.

    Shonekan, who succeeded the military 
    junta of General Ibrahim Babangida during the turbulent period, died in the early hours on Tuesday, January 11, 2021.

    He was said to have died in a hospital ( namewithheld) in Lekki, Lagos.

    The cause of death could not be ascertained as of press time but it was learnt that Shonekan, a native of Ogun State, had been treating an undisclosed illness before his death.

    He was the interim head of the Nigerian Government between August 26 and November 17, 1993 before he was subsequently, kicked out in a bloodless coup led by late General Sani Abacha.

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