FORMER INTERIM HEAD OF STATE, SHONEKAN PASSES ON @85

Chief ERNEST SHONEKAN, the former head of the Interim National Government that succeeded the military junta of General IBRAHIM BABANGIDA has been confirmed dead.

 

SHONEKAN reportedly died at a hospital, in the Lekki area of Lagos state, at the age of 85years.

 

He was the Chairman of the interim National Government between August 26 and November 17 1993 when he was overthrown in a palace coup led by late General SANI ABACHA who was Secretary of Defence.