Remains of ex-foreign affairs minister, Ashiru, arrives Lagos

The remains of former Foreign Affairs Minister,
Ambassador Gbenga Ashiru, arrived Lagos on Sunday.
The body was flown in aboard South African Airways
with flight number SA060.
Ashiru died on November 29 in a South African hospital
after a long battle with a terminal disease said to be brain
tumour. He was 66.
Ashiru was Nigeria’s High Commissioner to South
Africa, with concurrent accreditation to Lesotho and
Swaziland, in 2005
The aircraft, an Airbus 349 -600 landed on the runway
at the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed
International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos about 4.30pm.
The body was received by the family led by Professor
Toyin Ashiru and taken out of the aircraft into a waiting
hearse
Former managing director of Daily Times, Dr Yemi
Ogunbiyi, Engineer Olatunbosun Ashiru , Mr. Alaba
Okupe , Venerable Oludare Otoki , Venerable Leke
Dina , Sir Kehinde Smith and Ambassador Oluwatoyin
Lawal, former deputy high commissioner in London and
Mr, Niyi Alonge as well as son of the deceased were on
hand to receive the body of the ex-minister.
It was learnt that the brother of the deceased, an Ogun
State Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Otunba
Bimbo Ashiru flew in with the body.