Dokubo Is Dead

By Adesina Soyooye

The Niger Delta Region of Nigeria has lost a prominent son.

Professor Charles Quakers Dokubo is dead.

Professor Dokubo reportedly died on Wednesday night in a hospital in Abuja after a brief illness.

An academic, Dokubo was a Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on the Presidential Amnesty Programme.

He was appointed in 2018 by Buhari, but was unceremoniously suspended from office in February 2020. He never got back the position.

A Professor of Strategic Studies, he was a Director at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, NIIA, before his appointment by Buhari.

Dokubo was born on March 23, 1952. He hailed from Abonema in the Akuku Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State.

He died at the age of 70 years.