Ambassador JT Kolo , One-time Nigerian Ambassador to UK, Is Dead

 
 


J. T. Kolo, a one-time Nigerian ambassador to Italy, died yesterday in Minna, Niger State.
The former ambassador slipped yesterday morning and was found dead hours later by a domestic staff inside his Minna home.  His wife Maimuna had travelled to Jerusalem, and he was by himself when the incident occurred, according to a close friend of the family.
He was aged 74.

Ambassador Kolo was permanent secretary, Ministry of Finance, and subsequently head of service during the Second Republic administration of Governor Awwal Ibrahim.

May his soul rest in peace, Amen.