JUST IN: Former Minister of Information, Alex Akinyele Is Dead

Chief Alex Akinyele, Lobosin of Ondo, Former Information Minister and public relations experts, Is Dead

A statement by one of his sons, Constantine Akinfolarin Akinyele, confirmed that the Ondo chief passed away Thursday night after a brief illness.

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He said, “With thanksgiving for his life, I am sad to announce we lost our father and grand father Chief Alexander Opeyemi Akinyele earlier today after a brief illness. May his soul rest in peace. He will be missed by his children, grand children, family and friends,” he wrote.

Akinyele, 81, a PR guru after serving as the Minister of Information, later became chairman of the Nigerian Sports Commission.

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He was also a former president of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR).

In 1995, former Nigeria’s military Head of State, Sani Abacha, appointed Akinyele as head of a National Reconciliation Committee with the objective of opening dialogue with interest groups in the country to support the democratic transition program of the government.

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