Ex-Nigerian Interim leader, Ernest Shonekan dies at 85
Ernest Shonekan, former head of the interim national government, has died in Lagos on Tuesday at the age of 85.
Born on May 9, 1936, Shonekan was a British-trained lawyer and industrialist.
The late leader was head of the interim government after Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, former head of state, stepped down from office.
Babangida refused to hand over power to MKO Abiola, presumed winner of the annulled 1993 presidential election, but the military ruler ”stepped aside”.
Shonekan who took charge of the government was in office for only three months. The late Sani Abacha, former military ruler, ousted him through a coup.
The statesman hailed from Abeokuta, Ogun state.
He attended C.M.S grammar school and Igbobi College, Lagos, and obtained a law degree from the University of London.
