
EX-AMNESTY PRESIDENT, DOKUNBO IS DEAD
By Sumayyah Olapade
Prof. Charles Quaker Dokubo, a former Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, is dead.
Dokubo reportedly died on Wednesday night in an Abuja hospital.
The death was confirmed by a reliable source from the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
“I heard it this morning inside the hall. I heard he died last night. “How pathetic!” she exclaimed.
Details later…
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