A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Minister of Information and Culture Prince Tony Momoh is dead.
The sad news of his death was reported on Monday, but no words from the family yet and the cause of his death is yet to be made public as at the time of this report. He was aged 81.
Tony Momoh, was a veteran journalist, who served as a Nigerian minister during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida between 1986 and 1990.
He was also among the founders of the ruling APC.
In January 2011, he became the National Chairman of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change CPC, one of the “legacy parties” which merged to form the now ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.