Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr is dead!

Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr, the eldest son of late environmental rights activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa has died in a London hospital after suffering a severe stroke on Tuesday morning October 18, according to his family. He was 47.

The family said in a statement it was devastated, and requested privacy as it grieves.

Born in 1968, ‎ Ken Wiwa, popularly known as Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr was an international journalist and an author.

In 2005 he returned to Nigeria and was appointed by then president Olusegun Obasanjo as his Special Assistant on peace, conflict resolution and reconciliation. He served President Umaru Yar'Adua as the Special Assistant on International Affairs. In 2013, he served President Goodluck Jonathan as the Senior Special Assistant on Civil Society and International Media.