Late Oronto Douglas

Oronto Douglas, a top presidential aide and the Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Research, Documentation and Strategy, is dead.

A source close to the Presidency revealed that Douglas who has been sick for several years was battling cancer-related illness. He died Thursday morning at the State House Clinic.

Douglas who is survived by a wife and children rose to national and international prominence as an environmental activist on behalf of the oil-producing communities of the Niger Delta.

Details later…