Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, the immediate past Minister of Science and Technology under the President Muhammadu Buhari, has been reported dead.
Newspaper and online reports quoting a family source close to the deceased, confirmed the death on Thursday.
Onu, a former governor of Abia State, was said to have died after a brief illness in an undisclosed hospital in Abuja, Nigeria.
The late 72-year-old former minister contested for the presidential flag of the All Progressive Congress (APC) during the 2023 general election, but lost to President Bola Tinubu.
Onu was a Nigerian politician, author and engineer until his death.
He was the first civilian governor of Abia State and was the minister of science, technology and innovation of Nigeria from November 2015 until his resignation in 2022, thus becoming the longest serving minister of the ministry.
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