The former Presidential candidate of the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC) in the June 12, 1993 election, Bashir Othman Tofa is dead.
Tofa was MKO Abiola’s major Opponent in the controversial June 12, 1993, presidential election, annulled by the military government of General Ibrahim Babangida.
According to family sources, he died in the early hours of Monday after a protracted illness.
Confirming his death, one of the deceased’s relations, Alhaji Muhammad, said “Alhaji Bashir tofa died after being admitted in hospital for sometime.”
Alhaji Tofa, has been buried in kano. He was buried in between the graves of his Father and mother at Hajj Camp cemetery in Kano metropolis.
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