Chief Ernest Shonekan, Nigeria’s former interim president is dead, Age 85.
Ernest Shonekan succeeded General Ibrahim Babangida, as the head of the Interim National Government in 1983.
According to reports, he died in Lagos at the age of 85.
The deceased was the interim head of the Nigerian government between August 26 and November 17, 1993, before he was ousted in a coup led by late General Sani Abacha.