A former presidential aide Doyin Okupe is dead. He was 72.

Family sources confirmed his death to 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩 on Friday. But details of circumstances leading to his demise are sketchy as of now.

Okupe served as a presidential aide to a former president, Goodluck Jonathan.

Last year, the former presidential aide recalled his battle with cancer which he said led to weight loss.