A former Presidential candidate under the umbrella of the National Republican Convention (NRC) in the botched 3rd Republic in 1993 is dead.
Bashir Tofa who happens to be the opponent to late Moshood Abiola (MKO), was reported dead in the early hours of Monday after a brief illness at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH).
Naija Metro gathered that the news of the erudite politician'sdemise had last Friday went viral in the social media before the family members debunked it .
Meanwhile, Naija Metro has note out fee things Nigerians need to know about the late politician.
1. Bashir Tofa was born on June 20th, 1947.
2. was an brilliant politician with vast in interest on major business concerns locally and internationally.
3. The Kano born erudite politician in 1993 contested with the presumed winner of that epic political battle, Chief Mashood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola before the military authority under General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida annulled what pundits described as “Pan Nigerian mandate”.
May his soul rest in peace.
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