Alex Ibru, The Guardian Publisher Dies At 66

Founder and publisher of The Guardian Newspaper, Dr. Alexander Uruemu Ibru, has passed, after a prolonged period of illness, according to the newspaper.
Ibru is reported to have passed away at exactly 1:30PM today Sunday, November 20, 2011. He died at the age of 66.
Alex Ibru who was Minister of Internal Affairs from 1993 to 1995 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha is a son of Chief Janet Omotogor Ibru and brother of Chief Michael Ibru, founder of the Ibru Organization. He founded The Guardian in 1983.
In 2 February 1996 an assassination attempt was made on his life as his car was sprayed with machine gun fire from unidentified men who had trailed him in a deep-blue Peugeot.
Both Ibru and The Guardian’s editor-in-chief Femi Kusa who was also in the car were flown to England for treatment of their injuries. After Abacha’s death in 1998, his Chief Security Officer Hamza Al-Mustapha and others were charged with the assassination attempt.
Burial arrangements will be announced soon by the family.