Former Nigerian Interim leader Chief Ernest Shonekan is dead

Chief Ernest Shonekan, the Nigerian ruler who headed the Interim National Government that successed General Ibrahim Babangida is dead.

He was the interim head of the Nigerian Government between August 26 and November 17 1993 when he was ousted in a coup led by late General Sani Abacha.

TVC reported that he died in Lagos and he was aged 85