Former Nigeria Foreign Affairs Minister, Olugbenga Ashiru dies at 66

Nigerian former Foreign Affairs Minister, Olugbenga Ashiru is dead.  The diplomat died today in a South African hospital after a long battle with illness.  He was aged 66 years.

Family sources said Olugbenga Ashiru had been battling with brain tumour for a while and had been on admission for the past three months.

Olugbenga Ashiru became Nigerian Foreign Affairs Minister in 2011 when he was appointed by President Jonathan.  But was removed in 2013.