Adiniyi Ojo Onukaba a former spokesman for ex-vice president Atiku Abubakar is dead. He died yesterday evening at a village near Akure, Ondo State on his way back to Abuja from Abeokuta where he had joined other dignitaries to attend the inauguration of Obasanjo Presidential Library.

According to one of his relations, the journalist turned politician was knocked down by an oncoming vehicle while running into a nearby bush to escape an armed robbery attack him. He was aged 57.