Chief MADUEKWE, who was the immediate-past Nigerian Ambassador to Canada, died at the age seventy-one.
Family sources in Abuja confirmed the death of the politician and erudite legal luminary who hails from Asaga in Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State.
Late Chief OJO MADUEKWE had at one time served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under late former president UMARU YAR’ADUA.
He was also appointed Minister of Culture and Tourism under former president OLUSEGUN OBASSANJO from 1999; as well as Minister of Transport under the same OBASANJO Administration in 2001.
Late Chief MADUEKWE had also served as National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party.
Meanwhile; Doctor CHIDIA MADUEKWE who is the younger brother of the deceased politician has announced his withdrawal from social media in honour of the memory of late Chief OJO MADUEKWE.
It may interest you to note that Doctor CHIDIA MADUEKWE is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress.
WRT-UP UOE
