EX MINISTER JOHN ODEY, DIES OF CANCER @ 58

Ex-minister John Odey is dies of cancer

A former Minister of Information, and later of Environment, John Odey, is dead. He was 58.

Details of his passage are still sketchy but his death was announced on Sunday by the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus, at the party’s convention in Port Harcourt.

Mr Secondus also called for a one-minute silence for Mr Odey at the event.

A report by the Leadership Newspaper suggested the former minister died in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, where he was undergoing treatment for what was described as “cancer-related illness”