A two-time
minister and former Nigerian Permanent Representative to the United Nations,
Yusuf Maitama Sule, is dead. He died at the age of 88 years old.
Mr. Sule,
also known by his traditional title, Dan masanin Kano, died in the early hours
of Monday while on admission at a hospital in Cairo, Egypt.
He was flown
to the Egyptian hospital on Saturday after doctors at Kano’s Nasarawa Hospital
diagnosed him of pneumonia and chest infection.
According to
report by Premium Times, a close associated of the late politician said that
Mr. Sule’s remains would be flown to the country on Tuesday and the funeral
prayers would take place at Kano Emir’s Palace by 4 p.m.
Mr. Sule was
minister of Mines and Power during the first republic administration of
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, and was minister for national guidance in 1983.
In 1976, his
former student, Murtala Mohammed, appointed him to head a newly established
ombudsman body, Public Complaints Commission.
Born in 1929
in the old city of Kano, Mr. Sule was famous for his oratory and flamboyance.
Source: Premium Times
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