The former interim Nigeria Head of State, Chief Ernest Shonekan is dead.

Chief Ernest Shonekan was Nigeria’s interim Head of State between August 26, 1993 to November 17, 1993, appointed by General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida through a military decree.

In November 1993, three months into his administration, Shonekan was overthrown in palace coup by Late General Sani Abacha.

He died in a hospital in Lagos at the age of 85.

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