Former Nigerian Minister Of Foreign Affairs, Ojo Madueke dies at 71

Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs under the President Umar Yar’Adua administration, Chief Ojo Madueke has died.

Ojo Madueke who was appointed Foreign Minister in July 2007, also served as National Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and worked as deputy director of the Goodluck Jonathan presidential campaign of 2011.

The dutiful Maduekwe had earlier been appointed Minister of Culture and Tourism by President Olusegun Obasanjo in 1999 and led the Ministry of Transport in 2001.