Former Abia State governor and the Minister of Science and Technology under the Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, is dead.
A source, close to the deceased, confirmed the death on Thursday.
Onu, according to the source, died after a brief illness in an undisclosed hospital in Nigeria.
The late 72-year-old former minister had contested for the presidential flag of the All Progressives 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.
He was the longest serving minister of the ministry.
