Ex-minister Ojo Maduekwe dies at 71

A former Minister of Foreign Affairs and a stalwart of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Ojo Maduekwe, is dead.

He died at about 7pm yesterday at a hospital in Abuja.

Chief Maduakwe who is from  Ohafia,
Ohafia LGA of Abia state and a PDP strongman in the State, reportedly  was returning to Nigeria from the U.S. when he fell ill.

His was recent appointment the secretary of the PDP Board of Trustees.
Reacting the chairman of the BoT, Walid Jibrin, said Mr. Maduekwe died at a time his services were most needed.

Jibrin who spoke from Saudi Arabia stated that Chief Maduakwe "passed on at a critical time when we needed him most. I was waiting for him to come back from U.S. where he traveled to so that we can find a way of addressing the problems in the party,”.

He died at the age of 71.