Nigeria’s former Foreign
Minister, Ojo Maduekwe passed away. The Chairman of the PDP BoT, Senator Walid
Jubrin confirmed this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday.
Ojo Maduekwe was the
Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT).
Born on May 6, 1945,
Madueke also served as Minister of Culture and Tourism and Minister of
Transportation under former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Jubrin said he was shocked
to learn about the death of Maduekwe.
He said that the former
Nigeria’s Ambassador to the U.S. passed on at a critical time when the party
needed him most.
Jubrin said that he was
waiting for Maduekwe come back from U.S., where he travelled to, so that they
could put heads together to address the party’s leadership problem.
“I learnt with sadness and
great shock about the death of this very devoted member of the party, a very
dependable member and a very useful member with whom we have worked very
closely together.
We have been trying our
best to find a solution to this problem and it is so sad that Maduekwe died at
a very critical moment.
It is sad that at this
critical moment, Maduekwe had to go and we are definitely going to miss him and
his ideas.
He meant well for this
party, he meant very well for the BoT and e had very fantastic ideas
on the way out for our party crisis.
Maduekwe has been national
secretary of the PDP, he has been a Nigerian ambassador and so, we were
utilizing his knowhow in BoT.
He did very well for the
few months he was in BoT. I will never forget him.
I have lost a great
partner,” Jubrin said.
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