Ogbonnaya Onu, a former minister of science and technology ( 2015 – 2022) during the Muhammadu Buhari administration, is dead.
Onu died at the age of 73.
The family confirmed the death in a statement by Uzoma Onu.
TheCable reports that the late politician fell ill after the 2022 All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primary and was abroad for treatment for six months.
Onu was a Nigerian politician was born 1 December 1951, he served as the first civilian governor of Abia state.