Former Foreign Minister, Ojo Maduekwe Is Dead

Former Foreign Minister, Chief Ojo Maduekwe is
dead.
He was born May 6, 1945 in Abia State, Nigeria
and was appointed Foreign Minister of Nigeria on
July 26, 2007 by President Umaru Yar'Adua
Maduekwe was also appointed Culture and
Tourism minister by President Olusegun Obasanjo
in 1999, Minister of Transport in 2001.
As Minister of Transport he got the nick name
'Ojo oni Keke' for advocating for the use of
bicycles, although critics said that the roads were
unsafe for cyclists and Maduekwe himself was
pushed into a ditch by a bus while he was cycling
to work.
He was National Secretary of the ruling political
party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).